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Road and Hand-Book 



Missouri Division 



INCLUDING ROAD-MAPS OF THE RIDING DISTRICTS OK 

ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY, ST. JOSEPH, 
SEDALIA, SPRINGFIELD, 

• . WARRENSBURG, ETC. 



COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY 

M. J. CILBERT, Chairman Road-Book Committee 

ASSISTED BY '^fk^V ^ • *"? 

ROBT. HOLM, Chief Consul for Mo. A V & u 

J. R. BETTIS, St. Louis. I JUL 30 1895 

H. G. WOLZENDORF, St.Wuis. 
H. A. WHEELER, St. \/vKs». 

W. M. BUTLER, St. LWujsL*:: 
C. M. CASE, Ferguson. 
And all the Local Consuls. -0-2 j fo^. t 



FOURTH EDITION, 1895. 



Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1S95, by 

M. J. GILBERT, 
In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C. 



COLUMBIA, mo : 

E- W. STEPHENS, POINTER AND BINDER, 

1895. 




PREFACE. 



HE third edition of our Road Book having 
become exhausted, and the demand for a 
fourth being apparent, the Board of Missouri 
Division L. A. W. officers concluded to publish 
the work in spite of the dull times. The endeavor 
has been to correct such errors as were found ; and, 
by adding a great deal of road information here- 
tofore unreported, as well as various through 
routes leading to important centers in the State, 
and much general information that will be of 
great benefit to the cycling tourist, to . make a 
very valuable guide. 

We desire to express our appreciation of the 
work done by-the former compilers, to whom the 
Division is deeply indebted; also all the Local 
Consuls, County Clerks and other parties who 
kindly helped get up this edition. 

Let this book be a continual reminder to you 
that the League of American Wheelmen is an 
organization devoted to the interests of cycling 
and road improvement, well worthy of your 
appreciation, for by organization greater results 
are obtained. Remember that this work has been 
rendered possible by the L. A. W., and always 
give to that organization your interest and support. 
Every dollar that you give is spent for your bene- 
fit, and is only "bread cast upon the waters," and 
we trust thai in repayment for the many benefits 
you receive you will use j'our energy and influence 
in securing at least one new member, and thus 
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CONTENTS. 



Title Page .•'•"•• 3 

Copyright 4 

Preface S 

Missouri Division Offer for New Members 230 

Compiler's Preface * • ll 

National Officers 1 3 . 

National Committees x 3 

L, A. W. Constitution 17 

L. A. W. By-Laws 3 2 

Missouri Co'nstitirtion .,..,. 49 

Missouri By-Laws S3 

Officers of Missouri Division 62 

Cvcling Law " °3 

Good Advice 6 4 

Transportation and Officers 64 

Touring 65 

In Case of Accident *, 6S, 72 

Reports by Counties '•" 73 

Touring Routes (Explanation) 231 

System of Abbreviations 2 3 2 

St. Louis to Cape Girardeau Route (1) 234 

Farmington to Arcadia Route ( 1 a) 235 

St. Louis to Keokuk Route (2) '. 235 

St. Louis to Kansas City Roiite (3).. 236 

St. Louis to Kansas City Route (4) 241 

St. Louis to Kansas City Route (5) 244 

Quincy to St. Joseph Route (6) 245 

Kansas City to St. Joseph Route (7) • • 24S 

Kansas City to J oplin Route (S) •_ • 24S 

Kansas City to Springfield Route (9) 250 

Sedalia to Carthage Route (10) 251 

Pittsburg to St. Louis (11) ■ 253 

Local Consuls \- ■ • 2 5^ 

L. A. W. Hotels 260 



ADVERTISEMENTS. 

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We call especial attention to the greatly improved 
condition of the roads in most of the flourishing 
counties in the state, also the fine roads in some of, 
the southeastern counties, along the river, which 
can be reached by boat, or touring route No. 1, and 
which are seldom visited by wheelmen. 

As we could obtain no authentic reports from some 
of the counties, the roads are mentioned in a few 
cases of which no knowledge as to their condition 
could' be obtained, and if any wheelman knows the 
.same, or finds out by trying them, he will confer a 
favor on the whole committee and all L. A. W. 
members by reporting to the undersigned. 

Should any mistakes be found in distances or 
conditions of any roads, we ask the finder to kindly 
report the same. Although considerable care has 
been used, we would remind the "cyclers" that 
even wheelmen do err occasionally. 

Riders are reminded that it is in a great measure 
through the assistance of the dealers advertising in 
this book that the Missouri Division of the League 
is able to furnish a copy gratis to every member in 
the state. 

Yours for good roads, 

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OFFICERS FOR i895='96 

President, A. C. Willison, 
Cumberland, Md. 

ist Vice-President, Geo. A. Perkins, 
15 Court Sq., Boston, Mass. 

2d Vice-President, A. C. Morrison, 
Pabst Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wis. 

Treasurer, A. E. Mergenthaler, 
Fostoria, Ohio. 

Secretary, Abbot Bassett, 
12 Pearl Street, Boston, Mass. 



Standing Committees. 

Executive and Finance. 

The President and Vice-Presidents. 

riembership. 

J. Emory Tippett, - - - Art Club, Boston, Mass. 
VV. A. Howell, - - - - Rockville, Conn. 

•Geo. D. Locke, Jerseyville, III. 

Rights and Privileges. 

Everett Smith, .... Schenectady, N. Y. 

Herbert W. Knight, .... Newark, N.J. 

Rules and Regulations. 

JL E. Raymond, - - 236 Carroll Ave., Chicago, 111. 

Albert Mott, Baltimore, Md. 

W. W. Watts, - - - - Louisville, Ky. 

Improvement of Highways. 

I. B. Potter, - - Potter Building, New York City. 

J. S. Holmes, Jr., Orange, N. J. 

W. A. Connelly, Danville, 111. 

Otto Dorner, - Milwaukee, Wis. 

Levi Chubbuck, Kidder, Mo. 

Thos. F. Cooke, Algona, Iowa. 

Transportation. 
W. M. Brewster, - 835 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

John O. Blake, - - - Chicago, 111. 

Chas. A. Sheehan, New York City. 

Racing Board. 
Geo. D. Gideon, - 17 No. Seventh St., Philadelphia, Pa. 
H.W.Robinson, - - - 89 State St., Boston, Mass. 
E. H. Croningek, - 153 West St., Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Fred. Gerlach, - - Montauk Building, Chicago, 111. 
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16 



, NATIONAL 

L A. W. CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. 



Section 1. This organization shall be known as 
the League of American Wheelmen. 

Sec. 2. Its objects shall be to promote the gen- 
eral interests of cycling; to ascertain, defend and 
protect the rights of wheelmen ; to facilitate touring ; 
to secure improvement in the condition of the pub- 
lic roads and highways, and to promote and regulate 
cycle racing on the track. 

ARTICLE II. 

Section 1. The League shall be an association 
subdivided for convenience in administration and 
government as follows: 

First, States having one hundred or more resident 
League members to be called Divisions. 

Second, States having not less than fifty resident 
League members to be called Sub-Divisions. 

Third, States having not less than twenty-five 
resident League members to be called Consulates. 

Fourth, For the purposes of this section, Califor- 
nia shall be considered as two States, divided as 
follows: South California to be composed of the 
following counties: Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los 
Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and San Diego ; 
and all north of these counties shall be known as 
North California. 

Sec. 2. When there shall be twenty-five League 
members in any State it shall be constituted a Con- 
2 17 



18 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

sulate, and the Secretary shall call an election for a 
Chief Consul. The election shall be conducted by 
mail, and the Secretary shall receive and count the 
votes and declare the result. The Chief Consul so 
chosen shall enter upon his duties at once, and con- 
duct the affairs of the Consulate under Rules and 
Regulations made by the Executive Committee. 

Sec. 3. When there shall be fifty League mem- 
bers in any State, the Chief Consul shall appoint a 
Secretary-Treasurer and organize a Sub-Division 
under Rules and Regulations made by the Executive 
Committee. 

Sec. 4. When there shall be one hundred mem- 
bers in any State, the Chief Consul shall appoint a 
Vice Consul and organize a Division. The Chief 
Consul and Secretary- Treasurer and the Vice Consul 
thus appointed, together with such other Represent- 
atives as may be appointed as hereinafter provided, 
shall constitute the Division Board of Officers, with 
power to make and execute a Constitution and By- 
Laws for the government of the Division. 

Sec. 5. The status of every Consulate, Sub- 
Division and Division shall be fixed annually on the 
first day of October, and shall be based on the mem- 
bership enrolled on the books of the League on that 
date. 

ARTICLE III. 

Section 1. Any amateur white wheelman of 
good character, eighteen years of age or over, shall, 
with the endorsement of two League members, or 
three other reputable citizens, be eligible to mem- 
bership in this League upon payment of the initia- 
tion fee and dues, as provided in this Constitution. 

Sec. 2. All applications for membership shall be 
forwarded direct to the Secretary of the League, 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 19 

together with the proper fees and dues, and such 
information as may be required. 

Sec. 3. The name of each applicant for member- 
ship must be published in the official organ, and 
unless within two weeks thereafter a protest shall 
be filed with the Secretary, he shall become a mem- 
ber of the League. 

Sec. 4. Each applicant shall pay to the Secretary 
of the League an initiation fee of one dollar, and 
shall also pay seventy-five cents for his annual dues. 

Sec. 5. All memberships on the books of the 
League on the date of the passage of this rule shall 
expire March 31, 1895. All memberships that may 
be entered after the date of the passage of this rule 
shall expire one year from the date on which the 
application is published in the official organ. 

Sec. 6. (a) A member may renew his member- 
ship at any time within sixty days from the date of 
its expiration by payment of the annual dues of 75 
cents. If he shall postpone the payment of his dues 
beyond the sixty days, he shall pay in addition to 
the annual dues the sum. of 15 cents for every 
month or fraction of a month he is in arrears. 

(&) The provisions of this section shall apply to 
all members whose membership has been allowed to 
lapse not more than two years. 

Sec. 7. Objections to the admission of any can- 
didate for membership must be made to the Secre- 
tary within two weeks after the publication of the 
name of such candidate, and such objections shall 
fully set forth the reasons why the candidate should 
be denied admission, and shall be considered eoni- 
dential. 

Sec. 8. In passing upon the eligibility of candi- 
dates as amateurs, the Membership Committee shall 



20 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

be guided by the following amateur rule, and shall 
take proper pains to ascertain and determine through 
the Racing Board the facts in the case where objec- 
tion is made to a candidate on this ground. 

Class A. 

Amateur Rule. An amateur of Class A is one 
who has not engaged in, nor assisted in, nor taught 
cycling or any other recognized athletic exercise for 
money or other remuneration, nor knowingly com- 
peted with or against a professional for a prize of 
any description, or who, after having forfeited the 
amateur status, has had the same restored by a 
unanimous vote of the National Assembly, L. A. W. 
A cyclist ceases to be an amateur of Class A by: 

(a) Engaging in cycling or other recognized 
athletic exercises or personally teaching, training 
or coaching any person therein, either as a means 
of obtaining a livelihood, or for a wager, money 
prize or gate money. 

(&) Competing with a prof essional or amateur of 
Class B, or making the pace for, or having the pace 
made by such in public or for a prize. 

(c) Selling, pawning, exchanging, bartering, or 
otherwise turning into cash, or in any manner real- 
izing cash upon any prize won by him. 

(d) Accepting directly or indirectly for cycling 
any remuneration, compensation or expense what- 
ever. 

(e) In this class no prize shall exceed fifty dol- 
lars in value. 

(/) An amateur of Class A may not compete in 
any race outside of his own State, at a distance 
greater than two hundred miles, by the usual line 
or route of travel, from his legal residence, except 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 21 

by special permission from the member of the Rac- 
ing Board in charge of his district. 

(g) A cyclist does not forfeit his Class A status 
by teaching the elements of cycling solely for the 
purpose of effecting the sale of a cycle; but racing 
men in the employ of cycling establishments may 
be transferred to Class B. 

(h) License may b3 granted by unanimous vote 
of the Racing Board for a special competition in any 
year between the recognized champions of Classes 
A and B, the prize rules of Class A to govern the 
contest. 

(i) Any amateur who neglects or refuses to 
answer questions touching his status in Class A to 
the satisfaction of the Racing Board, and within 
thirty days shall be transferred to Class B, and shall 
have no further opportunity for hearing or appeal. 

Class B. 

An amateur of Class B shall be a cycle rider who 
may be in the employ of, and have his traveling and 
training expenses paid by, a manufacturer of cycles, 
club or other parties interested in cycling, but shall 
not compete for a cash or divisible prize, nor realize 
upon any prize won by him, except as hereinafter 
provided. One also who has ridden for any prize 
valued at over $50 or of different descriptions from 
that allowed in Class A. A cyclist ceases to be an 
amateur of Class B by: 

(«) Engaging in cycling or other recognized 
athletic sports or exercise, for a wager, money prize 
or gate money. 

(6) Competing with a professional, or making 
pace for, or having the pace made for himself by 



22 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

such in public or for a prize, except as hereinafter 
provided. 

(c) Selling, pawning, or otherwise turning into 
cash, or in any manner realizing cash upon any 
prize won by him, except that prizes may be 
exchanged or bartered provided there is in no case 
a cash bonus received. 

(d) Competing in a cycle race on the track for a 
prize value of more than $150, except in the case of 
special sanction having been given by the Racing 
Board for a greater value prize at any special meet- 
ing. 

(e) A cyclist does not forfeit his amateur status 
in this class by teaching the elements of cycling. 

(/) Any amateur of Class B who neglects or 
refuses to answer cpiestions touching his amateur 
status, to the satisfaction of the Racing Board, 
inside of thirty days, shall be declared to have for- 
feited his amateur status. 

(g) The League recognizes as athletic exercises, 
in addition to cycling, all sports over which the 
Amateur Athletic Union, The National Association 
of Amateur Oarsmen and other amateur athletic 
organizations have jurisdiction. 

Pacemaking . 

By a special sanction, granted upon a unanimous 
vote of the Racing Board, permission may be granted 
in Class B to employ professional pacemakers in 
any event or record trial, where the importance of 
same may be warranted as set forth in application 
for said sanction. 

Sec. 9. The Secretary shall retain from the 
annual dues and from all renewal fees an annual 



^Missouri division l. a. w. 23 



per capita tax of forty cents. The balance of such 
annual dues and the whole amount of the initiation 
fee shall be returned to the Divisions, etc., quar- 
terly. He shall return to the Divisions, etc., fifty 
per centum of all back dues. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Section 1. The management of the League shall 
be vested in a National Assembly, consisting of 

All Chief Consuls, 

All Vice Consuls from Divisions having two hun- 
dred or more members, 

All Secretary- Treasurers from Divisions having 
one hundred or more members, 

All Delegates chosen by the several Divisions, 

All ex-Presidents and ex- Vice-Presidents of the 
.League who shall at the time of a meeting of the 
National Assembly be members of the League in 
good standing: but no ex-President nor ex-Vice- 
President shall vote or be represented by proxy at 
any meeting, nor shall he be empowered or entitled 
to hold the proxy of any other member, 

The President, First and Second Vice-Presidents, 
the Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Chairmen of 
all Standing Committees, except that on Auditing. 

It shall have power to make a Constitution and 
By-Laws for the guidance of the League, to estab- 
lish regulations for the government of Divisions in 
their relations to the League and to each other, and 
to generally direct and decide in all matters not 
provided for in this Constitution. 

Sec. 2. The general supervision and executive 
powers of the League shall be vested in the Execu- 
tive and Finance Committee, but said committee 
shall not involve the League in any matter not eon- 



24 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

templated by the purposes of this organization, 
without the authority of the National Assembly. 
Said committee shall enforce all rules, regulations 
and orders made by the National Assembly and 
carry out the provisions of the Constitution and By- 
Laws, but shall not have any power of legislation 
(this being vested solely in the National Assembly) . 
They shall be allowed their necessary expenses, and 
may allow committees their necessary expenses. 
They shall approve all bills before payment by the 
Treasurer and shall during the months of January, 
April, July and October of each year publish in the 
official organ a financial statement up to the first 
day of each of said months: Said January state- 
ment shall be audited by a committee of three to be 
elected by the National Assembly at the annual 
meeting, and said Auditing Committee shall have 
power to employ an expert accountant. All orders 
for the payment of money by the Treasurer shall be 
signed by the Executive Committee or a majority 
thereof. 

Before the annual meeting in February the Com- 
mittee shall send to every member of the National 
Assembly a complete detailed printed financial 
statement, showing the condition of the League to 
January 1, last preceding. 

Sec. 3. Fifteen members personally present at 
any meeting of the National Assembly shall consti- 
tute a cmorum for the transaction of business. 

Sec. 4. The annual meeting of the National 
Assembly shall begin on the second Monday in 
February in each year. 

Sec. 5. Special business meetings shall be called 
by the President upon the written request of a 
majority of the Chief Consuls of the Divisions. 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 25 



Said meeting shall be called not later than sixty 
days after the receipt of the request, at a place 
designated by the President. Thirty days' notice 
of such meeting must be given in the official organ, 
with a statement of the business to be transacted at 
the meeting, and no other business shall be con- 
sidered. 

Sec. 6. * In case of the refusal or neglect of any 
Division, Sub-Division or Consulate of the L. A. W. 
to comply with any decision or ruling of the National 
Assembly or of the Executive Committee when the 
•National Assembly is not in session, it shall be 
within the power of said National Assembly by a 
majority vote, or of said committee by a unanimous 
vote, to impose a fine on said Division, Sub-Divsion 
or Consulate, which may be collected from the 
amount of dues in the hands of the Secretary of the 
L. A. W., and withheld from the Division until the 
aforesaid order of ruling shall be complied with. 

ARTICLE V. 

Section 1. {a) Each Division shall elect annu- 
ally a Chief Consul, Vice Consul, and Secretary- 
Treasurer; and shall also elect one Representative 
for each two hundred League members on its roll 
October 1. 

(&) Each League club located under the juris- 
diction of a Division shall be entitled upon joining 
the League, and annually thereafter, to elect one 
Representative for the first twenty members on its 
roll, another for the next eighty, and an additional 
Representative for each one hundred members 
thereafter. 

(c) The Chief Consul of a Division may appoint 
and League clubs may elect Representatives from 



26 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

time to time, as the increase in membership of the 
Division or the club may warrant. 

Sec. 2. Each Sub-Division shall elect annually a 
Chief Consul and Secretary-Treasurer. 

Sec. 3. Each Consulate shall elect annually a 
Chief Consul. 

Sec. 4. The persons who shall receive the great- 
est number of votes regularly voted for any office at 
any election in a Division, Sub-Division, or Consul- 
ate, shall be declared elected. 

Sec. 5. These officers shall constitute the Divi- 
sion, Sub-Division and Consulate Boards of Officers, " 
and shall be elected annually between the 15th 
day of October and the 15th day of November, 
at such time and place, and in such manner as is 
provided by the Constitution and By-L"aws of the 
Division and the Rules and Regulations of the Sub- 
Division and Cousulate. 

Sec. 6. No person shall be nominated for or 
elected to any office in a Division, Sub-Division or 
Consulate, unless he be at the time of his nomina- 
tion a member of the League and a resident of the 
Division, Sub-Division or Consulate. 

Sec. 7. When any officer of a Division, Sub- 
Division or Consulate shall remove from the State 
or Territory in which he was elected, or shall cease 
to be a member of the League, his office shall forth- 
with become vacant. 

Sec. 8. In the event of a contested election in 
any Division, the Division making the contest must 
pay all expenses which may be incurred by any 
National Committee in the consideration, report 
and settlement of the same. 

Sec. 9. Vacancies in the office of Chief Consul of 
a Division shall be filled by the succession of the 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 27 

Vice Consul. Vacancies in the office of Chief Consul 
of a Sub-Division or Consulate shall be filled by the 
President. All other vacancies in Divisions, Sub- 
Divisions or Consulates shall be filled by the Chief 
Consul. 

Sec. 10. Each Division shall adopt for its 
guidance a Constitution and By-Laws not incon- 
sistent with the National Constitution and By-Laws. 

Sec. 11. The term of office of all Division, Sub- 
Division and Consulate officers shall commence on 
the 1st day of December in each year. 

Sec. 12. Each Division Board of Officers shall 
hold its annual meeting in the month of December, 
and shall then elect from the Division one Delegate 
to the National Assembly for each four hundred 
members upon its roll on December 1. 

ARTICLE VI. 

Section 1. The officers of the League shall be a 
President, First and Second Vice-Presidents, Treas- 
urer and Secretary, who shall be elected by the 
National Assembly, at the annual meeting; pro- 
vided, however, that the Secretary shall hold office 
as long as he shall render satisfactory service. The 
National Assembly may, however, by a two-thirds 
vote of the members and proxies present at any 
meeting, declare the office of Secretary vacant and 
hold an election for his successor, one month's 
notice of the intended declaration of a vacancy 
having been given. 

Sec. 2. The official year shall begin immediately 
upon the adjournment of the annual meeting of the 
National Assembly. 



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Sec. 3. There shall be the following National 
Committees: 

I. Executive and Finance, to consist of the 
President and Vice-Presidents. 

II. Membership. 

III. Rights and Privileges. 

IV. Rules and Regulations. 

V. Improvement of Highways. 

VI. Transportation. 

VII. Racing Board. 

VIII. Auditing. 

Sec. 4. Officers and Chairmen of National Com- 
mittees, except that on Auditing, if not members of 
the National Assembly when chosen, shall be mem- 
bers of that body during their terms of office. 

Sec. 5. All National Committees shall be ap- 
pointed by the President, who shall have the power 
to suspend or remove any member of such commit- 
tees, and to fill vacancies therein arising from sus- 
pensions, removals or from any other cause. 

ARTICLE VII. 

Section 1. The League shall provide an official 
organ to be known as the ''L. A. W. Bulletin and 
Good Roads," in which shall be printed all official 
announcements and communications, and which 
shall be devoted in a substantial way to the encour- 
agement of fraternal co-operation among its readers 
in the work for improved roads throughout the Uni- 
ted States and to the other benevolent objects of the 
League. The said official organ shall be sent as a 
regular periodical publication to each member of 
the League who shall have paid a separate and suf- 
ficient subscription fee for the same, excepting, 
however, that at any time when the postal authori- 



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ties of the United States shall permit the distribu- 
tion by mail of free copies of an official organ to 
members of the League upon payment of postal 
rates as second class matter, the Executive Com- 
mittee of the League may arrange or provide for 
such distribution of such official organ to League 
members without the payment of a separate sub- 
scription fee. No Division, Sub-Division or Con- 
sulate east of the Rocky Mountains shall establish 
or contract for an official organ of its own. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Section 1. (a) Any wheeling club in the United 
States that shall have in its By-Laws a provision 
requiring every active member to be a member of 
the League of American Wheelmen, and that shall 
file annually with the Secretary of the L. A. W. a 
certificate thereof together with a correct list of 
club members certified to by the President and 
Secretary of the Club, shall become a League Club, 
and entitled to all the privileges accorded League 
Clubs under this Constitution. 

(6) The Board of Officers of any Division may 
adopt a By-Law providing that any Club within 
such Division, at least seventy-five per cent, of 
whose members are members of the League, may 
become a League Club. And upon such club filing 
a certificate thereof with the Secretary of the 
League and a certified list as provided in clause (a) 
it shall become a League Club and entitled to all 
the privileges accorded League Clubs under the 
Constitution. Provided, however, that such Club 
shall be entitled to representation to the extent of 
its League membership only, and that no action on 



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League matters shall be taken except by the League 
members of such club. 

(c) The membership of every League Club, as 
such, shall expire on the first day of July in each 
yeai> and may be renewed at any time before the 
first day of September next succeeding. Upon 
receiving from the Secretary of the club a certifi- 
cate to the effect that the club still continues the 
required by-law in force together with a correct list 
of the club members certified to by the President 
and Secretary of the Club, the Secretary shall issue 
a new certificate of membership. The membership 
of all clubs that fail to renew the same before Sep- 
tember 1 shall lapse. 

(d) On and after the date of the passage of this 
rule no club shall be entered as a League Club if its 
name shall be the same or similar to that of any 
club already enrolled, except by consent of the 
League Club whose name is the same or similar. 
The appearance in the title of the name of the city 
or town in which the club is located shall constitute 
the name a similar one, and therefore it shall be 
deemed prejudicial to the interest of the club 
already enrolled. 

(e) Representatives to the Division Board of 
Officers from League Clubs shall file with the Sec- 
retary-Treasurer of the Division a certificate of their 
election, signed by the President and Secretary of 
the club which they represent and the Secretary- 
Treasurer shall announce the election in the official 
organ. 

(/) All rights and privileges of any League 
Club, including representation ou the Division 
Board of Officers, may be revoked at any time by 
the Executive and Finance Committee, fifteen days' 



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notice having been first given by said committee to 
said club to show -cause why the same should not 
be revoked. 

(g) No League- member who shall belong to 
more than one League Club in a Division shall be 
permitted to vote for Club representatives in more 
than one of the clubs of which he is a member. On 
or before the 1st day of October in each year, such 
League member shall advise the Secretary-Treas- 
urer of the Division as to the club in which he 
elects to vote for club representative. 

ARTICLE IX. 

This Constitution may be altered or amended by 
a two-thirds vote of the delegates of the National 
Assembly voting in person or by proxy at any reg- 
ular meeting of the Assembly, or at any meeting 
called for that purpose, of which sixty days' notice 
shall have been given; but no amendment shall be 
made or considered unless thirty days' notice 
thereof shall have been given through the columns, 
of the official organ. 



BY-LAWS. 



ARTICLE I. 

OFFICERS. 

Section 1. The President shall preside at all 
meetings of the National Assembly ; shall appoint 
all committees not otherwise ordered ; may fill pro 
tempore any vacancy in any office or committee 
not otherwise provided for; shall have a general 
supervision over the affairs of the League; and 
shall make a report at the annual meeting of the 
National Assembly. He shall be allowed for clerk 
hire $1,000 per annum. 

Sec. 2. The Vice-Presidents shall in the order 
of their priority, preside in the absence of the Pres- 
ident at all meetings of the League or of the 
National Assembly, and perform in such absence 
all the necessary duties of the President at the 
time ; and in case of death, resignation, or removal 
of the President, they shall, in the order of priority, 
act as President until the next annual meeting of 
the National Assembly. 

Sec. 3. (a) The Secretary shall receive and 
cause to be published all applications for member- 
ship ; shall receive and be accountable for all fees 
and dues ; shall keep a register of all applications 
and any action thereon; shall receive all protests 
and refer the same to the Membership Committee ; 
shall keep a list of members and officers of the 
League, with notes of all changes in the same; 

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MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 33 

shall keep suitable books of account, and shall pay- 
out the funds in his hands only upon order of the 
Executive Committee or the National Assembly. 

(&) He shall receive and answer, or refer to the 
proper officials, any correspondence with the mem- 
bers or officers that pertains to the affairs of the 
League, and any appropriate correspondence with 
non-members of the League. He shall notify mem- 
bers or officers of all meetings ; shall issue certifi- 
cates to all members of the National Assembly ; 
shall record the proceedings of all meetings of the 
League and of the National Assembly; shall keep 
an accurate roll of the membership and generally 
provide himself with all necessary statistical and 
other information. -» 

(c) He shall act as editor of the official depart- 
ment in the Official Organ over which he shall have 
control, subject, however, to the supervision of the 
Executive Committee. 

(d) He shall keep an account with the Treas- 
urer, to whom he shall render a statement at least 
once every three months, paying to him such bal- 
ance as may at that time be due over and above 
the amount required for running expenses of the 
Secretary's office. 

(e) He shall keep an account with each Division, 
Sub-Division and Consulate and shall render a 
statement to each at least once every three months 
and pay them at least once every three months 
such money as shall be due them. 

(/) He shall issue to every member the annual 
membership ticket. 

(a) He shall give bonds for the faithful dis- 
charge of his duties in the sum of $5,000. He shall 
receive a salary of $3,000 per annum. 

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34 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall receive and be 
accountable for all money paid over by the Secre- 
tary or received from other sources; he shall keep 
suitable books of account ; he shall pay out funds of 
the League only upon order of the Executive Com- 
mittee or the National Assembly. He shall give 
bonds for the faithful discharge of his duties in the 
sum of $2,000. 

Sec. 5. Bonds required from officers of the 
League shall be subject to the approval of the 
Executive Committee, and all expense incurred in 
procuring the same shall be paid out of the funds of 
the League. 

Sec. 6. Any member may, if he chooses, sub- 
scribe for the L. A. W. Bulletin and Good Roads 
at the club price of twenty-five cents per annum. 

ARTICLE II. 

MEETINGS. 

Section 1. (a) There shall be an annual Meet of 
the League at such time and at such place as the 
National Assembly or Executive Committee may 
determine. 

(b) At meetings of the National Assembly any 
member thereof may be represented by proxy pro- 
vided that the person holding the proxy shall be 
also a member of the Assembly and that no person 
shall be proxy for more than one member unless 
the proxies he holds are those of delegates of the 
Division which he represents; provided, however, 
that the delegates from no one Division shall hold 
more than three proxies in all from other Divisions. 

(c) The proceedings of all meetings of the 
National Assembly shall be published in the official 
organ . 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 35 

(d) Prior to the meeting of the National Assem- 
bly the President shall appoint a committee of three 
on Credentials which shall examine and report 
upon credentials of delegates. 

(e) At all business meetings of the National 
Assembly, the established law (Cushing) of delib- 
erative assemblies shall be observed. The order of 
business shall be as follows : 

Calling the Roll. 

Report of Credentials Committee. 

Report of the President. 

Report of the Treasurer. 

Report of the Secretary. 

Communications or reports from standing com- 
mittees. 

Reports of special committees. 

Unfinished or referred business. 

Election of officers. 

New business. 

(/) At each annual meeting of the National 
Assembly at least one day shall be devoted exclu- 
sively to the consideration of ways and means for 
advancing the work for road improvement within 
the various states and to the determination of a 
plan or plans for the effective co-operation of the 
state divisions in the further advancement of this 
branch of League effort. The day or days devoted 
by the National Assembly to the separate consider- 
ation of road improvement subjects under this sec- 
tion, shall precede the regular business meeting of 
the Assembly and shall include such proceedings as 
shall have been determined and announced by the 
national committee on improvement of the high- 
ways. At this meeting any member of the National 
Assembly may invite the presence of citizens not 



36 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

members of the League, and the committee on 
improvement of the highways may provide for lec- 
tures, addresses, or reports from such persons as in 
the judgment of said committee are well qualified 
to encourage and advance the work of improved 
roads. 

ARTICLE III. 

DIVISIONS AND SUB-DIVISIONS. 

Section 1. The management of Divisions shall 
"be vested in a Board of Officers, consisting of the 
Chief Consul, Vice Consul, Secretary-Treasurer 
and Representatives, elected as provided in Art. V, 
Sec. ], of the Constitution, said Board to have the 
power to make such Rules and Regulations as shall 
not be inconsistent with the Constitution and By- 
Laws of the League. 

Sec. 2. The management of Sub-Divisions shall 
be vested in a Chief Consul and Secretary-Treas- 
urer. (Art. V, Sec. 2, Constitution.) 

Sec. 3. The management of Consulates shall be 
vested in a Chief Consul. (Art. V, Sec. 3, Consti- 
tution.) 

Sec. 4. The Chief Consul shall be the Executive 
officer of the Division. The Secretary- Treasurer 
shall keep a full register of the members of his 
Division, and keep proper books of account of all 
receipts and expenditures, and publish in the 
official organ at the close of each term of his office 
a full and complete statement of the financial con- 
dition of the Division or Sub-Division. 

Sec. 5. Vacancies occurring in the delegation 
to the National Assembly from any Division, either 
by death, resignation, promotion or removal, shall 
be filled by the Chief Consul of the Division wherein 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 37 

the vacancy exists, and in case of failure to appoint 
within two months after such a vacancy has 
occurred, the President shall appoint. 

Sec. 6. Each Division shall file in the office of 
the Secretary of the League a certified copy of its 
Constitution, By-Laws and Rules and of each and 
every amendment thereto, and shall certify to him 
the results of all elections within ten days after the 
votes shall have been counted. 

ARTICLE IV. 

DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. 

Section 1. {a) The Executive and Finance Com- 
mittee shall have the general management and con- 
trol of affairs of the League ' while the National 
Assembly is not in session. Shall regulate and 
direct all matters of revenue, disbursement and 
investment, and determine all questions of detail 
arising in the conduct of the League. It shall have 
visitorial power over Divisions and Sub-Divisions 
and may take summary action in cases of default. 

(5) It shall direct and instruct the Chairman of 
the Racing Board to collect from applicants in 
advance (except League clubs as hereinafter pro- 
vided for) $10 each for granting sanctions for 
National circuit race meets; $2 each for open race 
meets; and $1 for each additional day; and $1 each 
for athletic meets scheduling two events ; and to 
apply the revenue derived to the expenses of con- 
ducting the affairs pertaining to the Racing Board, 
its Chairman and members; to the employment of 
an official referee (to be appointed by the Chair- 
man) who shall be required to officiate at all 
National circuit race meets, and to the general 
improvement of the racing interests of the L. A. W 



Sec. 2. To the Membership Committee shall be 
referred as they arise, all protests against members 
or applicants for membership. The Committee 
shall act without delay, and a decision of the Com- 
mittee in the case of the applicant shall be final. 

Sec. 3. (a) The Committee on Rights and Privi- 
leges shall consider and advise in all matters per- 
taining to the maintenance of the rights of wheel- 
men, the enactment of legislation, and the protec- 
tion of the privileges of the members of the L. A. YV. 
and may take such action in connection therewith 
as the circumstances of the case may require. 

(b) This committee at such times shall have the 
power and it shall be its duty to explain, define and 
interpret any provision of this constitution or any 
by-law, or any rule of any committee of this League 
upon request of an officer of the League, and its 
decisions on such points shall be final. 

(c) To this committee shall be referred al 
questions about a contested election in any Divi- 
sion ; they shall inquire into the facts prior to the 
next ensuing meeting of the National Assembly, 
and shall report to such Assembly their findings on 
the facts, with such recommendations as they may 
decern proper in the premises. In each case of a 
contested election the decision shall rest with the 
National Assembly, and such decision as to the 
right of the incumbent of a Division office or claim- 
ant thereto shall be final and binding upon that 
Division. 

(d) Whenever any Division or Sub-Division of 
the L. A. W. shall neglect or refuse to hold an elec- 
tion for officers in compliance with the provisions 
of this Constitution and By-Laws, such election 
may be ordered and held under the direction of the 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 39 

President of the League by a committee of which 
the Chairman of the Rights and Privileges Commit- 
tee shall be one, said Committee acting as Nomi- 
nating Committee and Returning Board and they 
shall declare the result of the election, their deci- 
sion in the premises to be final. Members of any 
such Division shall comply with the decision of the 
committee, and officers elected under the above 
rule shall serve during the unexpired balance of 
the regular term. 

Sec. 4. To the Committee on Rules and Regula- 
tions shall be referred all amendments to the Con- 
stitution published in the official organ in compliance 
with Article IX of the Constitution, and all amend- 
ments to the By-Laws published in the official 
organ in compliance with Article XI of the By- 
Laws. All such amendments the committee shall 
consider and present in proper form to the body 
authorized to act upon the same; but this provision 
shall not prevent the proper body from acting upon 
any amendment legally given notice of if the com- 
mittee fail to consider the same and report upon it. 

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Committee on 
the Improvement of Highways to promote in the 
public mind, through the instrumentality of the 
League, a sense of the utility, general economy and 
desirability of high class roads, and an active sen- 
timent in their favor; to encourage legislation 
requiring committees and public officials to con- 
struct and maintain good roads ; to collect practical 
suggestions and information based upon observa- 
tion and experience concerning the methods of 
making and mending roads; to publish printed 
matter calculated to further these ends, distributing 
the same to members of the League and highway 



40 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

officials as in the judgment of the committee shall 
seem wise ; and generally to perform such other 
duties as shall best promote the objects of the 
League. 

Sec. 6. The Committee on Transportation shall 
arrange and secure special rates and agreements 
for the carriage of members of the League and 
their wheels ; shall have power to represent the 
League in negotiation with transportation lines, 
and fix the routes for League travel, and also 
to arrange for the recovery of stolen wheels. 

Sec. 7. (a) To the Racing Board shall be referred 
all matters pertaining to racing and the champion- 
ships. It shall make all arrangements for the 
annual championships which are held under League 
auspices, and shall assign such other championships 
as are now or may be established, to be run under 
the auspices of such clubs or associations as it may 
consider most desirable, and under such conditions 
as it may deem expedient. 

(b) It shall have the power to grant or withhold 
sanctions for race meetings, and to impose penal- 
ties upon race promoters and racing men who may 
hold race meetings or engage in racing at the same 
without the official sanction of the board. But no 
race meeting shall receive official sanction if it is to 
be held on Sunday, or has upon its schedule any 
eveut which is open to women competitors. The 
board shall charge a fee for each sanction, but a 
League club having twenty League members on its 
roll may by a vote of the board receive a sanction 
without payment of fee. 

(c) It shall be the duty of the Board to make 
inquiry regarding any wheelman whose amateur 
status in either class is questioned, and all protests 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 41 



or charges shall be entered with the Chairman of 
the Board, who shall provide for an investigation 
by a member or members of the Board. Pending 
investigation, the party against whom these charges 
are brought may be suspended from the track. 
Suspicious circumstances, which are, in the judg- 
ment of any member of the Board, sufficient to 
make the status of any wheelman a matter of rea- 
sonable doubt, shall be the basis of an investigation 
in the absence of formal protest or charges. The 
member or members to whom the work of investi- 
gation is assigned, shall immediately communicate 
with the party under suspicion, either in person or 
by registered letter, lay all charges before him, or 
set forth the circumstances which lead to a reason- 
able doubt, and call for an answer to the charges 
or a satisfactory explanation of the circumstances 
which gave rise to the doubt. If the charges are 
proved, or the reasonable doubt is not removed, it 
shall be the duty of the chairman to report the find- 
ings in the official organ, declaring that the party 
has forfeited his amateur status, and warning all 
amateurs not to compete with him ; and such offi- 
cial declaration shall carry with it expulsion from 
the League, if the person concerned is a member 
thereof. 

(d) The Racing Board shall have the right in 
considering and determining questions that affect 
the amateur status of any cyclist to act upon any 
kind of evidence, circumstantial or direct. At the 
termination of the investigation by the member in 
charge, his findings shall be submitted to the chair- 
man, who upon direct evidence may expel, and 
upon circumstantial evidence order a vote of the 
entire board, a majority vote of which shall expeL 



42 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

(e) Whenever permission is granted to an ama- 
teur of Class A to compete at a greater distance 
from his legal residence than is allowed by the rule, 
the member of the Racing Board shall require a 
certified itemized statement of expenses, with re- 
ceipts and vouchers, and shall notify the chairman 
at once that said permission has been granted. 

(/) Any cyclist who has been expelled for pro- 
fessionalism shall have the right to appeal only to 
the National Assembly of the L. A. W., and shall 
be reinstated as an amateur only by vote of such 
Assembly, upon a competent showing of error on 
the part of the Racing Board. 

(#) The Racing Board, through its chairman, 
shall have the right of censorship over the charac- 
ter of prizes offered in cycle races, and may with- 
hold or withdraw the sanction to race promotors, 
providing its decisions in excluding any prize is 
not complied with. 

(li) It shall be within the province of the Racing 
Board to suspend from the race track, for such a 
time as it may deem proportionate to the offense, 
any wheelman guilty of unfair dealing in connec- 
tion with cycle racing, or ungentlemanly conduct 
on the track, or any wheelman who competes in a 
race not governed by the rules of the L. A. W., or 
those that may be approved by the Racing Board. 
Any wheelman who knowingly competes with one 
who has been suspended will render himself liable 
to a like penalty. 

(?) The Racing Board shall have the power to 
make such rules for its government and the govern- 
ment of cycle race meetings as may be deemed ex- 
pedient, and may appoint one or more official hand- 
icappers at its discretion. 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. ^6 

The following will be considered as unfair deal- 
ing and ungentlemanly conduct and render the 
offender liable to a suspension : 

1. Entering a class race to which his record 
does not give him the right of entry. 

2. Suppression of true figures and rendering of 
false figures to the official handicappers. 

3 . The use of obscene language on the track. 

4. Swearing at other competitors and at race 
■officials. 

Sec. 8. The Committee on Rights and Privi- 
leges, Rules and Regulations and Membership shall 
consist of three (3) members each. *The Racing 
Board shall consist of at least five members. 

(b) The Committee on Transportation shall con- 
sist of a chairman, who shall have power to add 
members to the committee not exceeding ten in 
number. 

ARTICLE V. 

PROTESTS, SUSPENSIONS, REMOVALS AND EXPULSIONS. 

Section 1. (a) Any member holding a position 
in the League, either as an officer, member of a 
committee, or member of the National Assembly, 
who shall be charged in writing by ten members of 
the League with malfeasance in office or with con- 
duct prejudicial to the interests of the League, 
may be suspended by the President pending an in- 
vestigation of the charges. 

(?;) Any member against whom charges have 
been preferred as above, shall be furnished with a 
copy of the charges, and shall be heard in his own 
defense, after not less than twenty days' notice, 
before a committee consisting of the President and 



44 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

the Chairmen of the Committees on Rights and 
Privileges, Rules and Regulations, Membership 
and Improvement of Highways, and if found guilty 
of the charges preferred may be reprimanded, sus- 
pended for a specified time, removed from his posi- 
tion or expelled from the League. 

(c) In case the charges are made against the 
President, the first Vice-President shall have the 
powers and duties given to the President in Clauses 
(a) and (&) above. 

(d) Any member found guilty and sentenced as 
above shall have the right to appeal to the National 
Assembly, a two thirds vote of which shall be nec- 
essary to overrule the decision of the committee. 
Such appeal shall be filed with the Secretary within 
twenty days after the finding of the committee, and 
until it shall be decided the judgment shall stand. 

Sec. 2. Any member of the League, not holding; 
a position, charged with conduct prejudicial to the 
interests of the organization may be protested in 
writing by four members of the League. In case 
of such protest the charges and specifications 
shall be sent to the Secretary, who shall make a, 
record of the protest and forward all the papers 
to the Membership Committee. The Membership 
Committee shall furnish^the protested member with 
a copy of the charges and hear him in his own de- 
fense. If, after a full hearing, the committee shall 
find that the charges are sustained, it may impose 
a penalty of reprimand, suspension or expulsion,, 
but in the latter case an appeal may be taken to 
the Rights and Privileges Committee. 

Sec. 3. A member of the League charged with 
being a professional wheelman may be protested in 
writing by any member. In case of such protest 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 45 

the charges and specifications shall "be sent to the 
Secretary, who shall make a record of the protest 
and forward all the papers to the Racing Board. 
In a case of this nature the Racing Board shall pro- 
ceed as provided in Article IV, Section 7, of these 
By-Laws, and its judgment shall be final and with- 
out appeal. 

Sec. 4. An applicant for membership may be 
protested in writing by any member, but the pro- 
test must be in the hands of the Secretary within 
two weeks from the date on which the applicant's 
name is published in the official organ. All such 
protests shall be regarded as confidential so far as 
a disclosure of the protesting member's name is 
concerned. The Secretary shall make a record of 
the protest, and forward all the papers to the Mem- 
Ibership Committee. If, after a full hearing, the 
Committee shall find that the protest is a just one 
it shall sustain the charges and deny the applicant 
admission. If the protest charges the applicant 
with being a professional the committee may refer 
the protest to the Racing Board for investigation, 
and in such case shall abide by the decision of the 
Board in its finding for or against the applicant. 

In case an applicant is denied admission his fee 
shall be returned. 

Sec. 5. Expulsion from League Clubs shall entail 
expulsion from the League provided the Member- 
bership Committee concur therein. When a mem- 
ber has been expelled from a League Club and the 
•club desires his expulsion from the League, the 
Secretary of the Club shall forward to the Secretary 
of the League a full statement of the circumstances 
which led to the expulsion. The Secretary shall 
make a record of the case and forward the papers 



46 ROAD AND HAND BOOK - 

to the Membership Committee. If the Membership 
Committee shall find that the offense against the 
club was also an offense against the League, or if 
they shall find that the best interests of the League 
call for the expulsion of the member, they shall 
direct the Secretary to expunge the name from the 
books. 

ARTICLE VI. 

Section 1. Members removing from one Divi- 
sion to another at any time prior to Jan. 1, of each 
year, may obtain membership in the latter Division 
by filing with the Secretary of the League and the 
Secretary-Treasurers of both divisions notice of 
intention of such change. Upon receipt of such 
notice the Secretary of the League shall forthwith 
transfer the applicant as requested and shall debit 
the old and credit the new Division with an equita- 
ble share of the fee and dues paid to the League 
during the year current by the member asking for 
the transfer. 

ARTICLE VII. 

ASSESSMENT OF DIVISIONS. 

The National Assembly may at any meeting, by a 
vote of the members and proxies present, lay a per 
capita assessment upon the Divisions. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

UNIFORM AND BADGES. 

The uniform of the League shall be of cloth 
adopted by the National Assembly, or by a Special 
Committee on uniform, and shall be made as fol- 
lows: 

"The coat shall consist of a single-breasted sacque, 
square front, to button up close to the chin, with 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 47 

six L. A. W. buttons; falling collar, fitting closely 
around the neck; no inside lining; a facing of the 
same goods back to the arms and over the shoulders, 
double stitched edges, and welted seams; four 
outside patch pockets; two small buttons on each 
sleeve at the under seam. 

The knee breeches shall button at the bottom on 
the outside with three small L, A. W. buttons; 
reinforced seat ; two hip pockets and one watch 
pocket; French fly; five loops for belt of same cloth 
on the waist band ; the V notch at the back to adjust 
with lace eyelets. 

The vest shall be single-breasted, six L. A. W. 
buttons, no collar, four outside pockets. 

Cap: L. A. W. cloth, flat top, soft crown, silk 
lined, falling visor, L. A. W. buttons, black silk 
veleurs band, and silk cord, four ventilators in top. 

Hose: Ribbed woolen of color to match suit. 

Shirt: Gray flannel, to button in front, one breast 
pocket. 

Sec. 2. The Executive Committee may appoint a 
national Tailor for the League, and each Chief 
Consul may appoint a Division Tailor for his Divi- 
sion under such regulations and restrictions as the 
Committee on Uniform may make and impose. 

Sec. 3. The emblem or badge of the League 
shall be a wheel, having upon its side three wings 
radiating from the hub to the rim at equal distances 
apart, and the letters "L. A. W." on the spokes 
between the wings. 

(&) The emblems of the officials of the League 
shall be such as are established by the Executive 
Committee. 

Sec. 4. Wearing the uniform or the badge shall 
not be compulsory, nor can they be held to indicate 



48 ROAD AXD HAND BOOK 

membership in the League, the League ticket being 
the only reliable certificate of membership. 

ARTICLE IX. 

SEAL OF THE LEAGUE. 

The seal of the League shall be a fac simile of 
the League badge surrounded by the words "League 
of American Wheelmen, Organized 1880." 

ARTICLE X. 

ELECTION BY BALLOT. 

All officers Of the League shall be elected by 
written or printed ballot, and a majority of all the 
votes cast shall be necessary to elect. Each officer 
shall be elected by a separate ballot. 

ARTICLE XL 

ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS. 

Section 1. The Executive Committee may 
amend these By-laws at any time when the National 
Assembly shall have amended the Constitution and 
rendered these By-laws inconsistent therewith. 
But this power to amend shall be limited to such 
changes as shall remove the inconsistencies. An- 
nouncement of all such amendments shall be pub- 
lished in the official organ. 

Sec. 2. Additions or amendments to the By-laws 
may be made by the National Assembly, by a two 
thirds vote, but it shall make no amendment unless 
thirty days' notice thereof shall have been given 
through the columns of the official organ. 



missouri division, 
League of American Wheelmen. 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. 



Section 1. This organization shall be known as 
the Missouri Division, League of American Wheel- 
men, and shall be a branch of and governed by the 
Constitution of the League of American Wheelmen. 

Sec. 2. Its objects shall be to promote the gen- 
eral interest of cycling; to ascertain, defend and 
protect the rights of wheelmen; to facilitate tour- 
ing, to secure improvement in the condition of the 
public roads and highways, and to promote and 
regulate cycle racing on the track. 

ARTICLE II. 

This Division shall be composed of the members 
of the League of American Wheelmen residing in 
this State. Any white amateur wheelman of eigh- 
teen years oi age or over, of good character, may 
become a member by fulfilling the conditions and 
paying the dues prescribed in the Constitution of 
the League of American Wheelmen. 

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ARTICLE III. 

Section 1. This Division shall elect a Chief 
Consul, Vice Consul, Secretary-Treasure* and Rep- 
resentatives annually, between the 15th day of 
October and the 15th day of November, and shall 
be entitled to elect one representative for each 
two hundred League members on its roll October 
1st. Each League Club that shall have twenty 
members on its roll October 1st, shall be entitled 
to elect one representative, and may elect an addi- 
tional representative for the next eighty members 
then upon its roll, and one additional representa- 
tive for each one hundred members thereafter. 
These shall constitute a Board of Officers to direct 
all affairs of the Division. They shall meet as pro-. 
vided in the By-Laws, a majority constituting a 
quorum. 

Sec. 2. The Division Board of Officers shall 
hold its annual meeting during the month of Decem- 
ber, and shall elect from the Division one delegate 
to the National Assembly of the League of Ameri- 
can Wheelmen for every four hundred "members on 
its roll October 1st. Such delegates, together with 
the Chief Consul, Vice Consul and Secretary-Treas- 
urer shall constitute this Division's representatives 
in the National Assembly of the League of Ameri- 
can Wheelmen. 

ARTICLE IV. 

The following shall be the committees of this 
Division: 

1 . Committee on Finance, consisting of the Chief 
Consul, Vice Consul and a Division Representative, 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 51 

to be chosen by the Division Board of Officers. 
2. A Racing Committee. 3. A Touring Commit- 
tee, to consist each of five members, to be appointed 
by the Chief Consul. 4. A Highway Improvement 
Committee, consisting of three members, to be 
appointed by the Chief Consul. 5. A Committee 
on Rights and Privileges, to consist of three mem- 
bers, to be appointed by the Chief Consul. The 
duties of said committees shall be such as are 
hereinafter provided. 

ARTICLE V. 

An annual meeting of the Division shall be called 
by the Chief Consul, when the board of Officers 
deems it expedient, for the purpose of transacting 
such business as may properly come before the 
Division. Fifteen members shall constitute a 
quorum . Each member present shall have one 
vote on any question. Any club whose entire 
active membership has joined the League and 
fulfills the requirements of Article VIII, Constitu- 
tion League of American Wheelmen, may choose 
by ballot one member of the club as delegate for 
each ten members thereof, or remaining fraction, 
to represent them at the annual meeting. These 
delegates upon presentation of their credentials, 
signed by the President and Secretary of the club, 
may cast ten votes each, or as many as are provided 
for in the credentials, in all proceedings of the 
Division. No delegate shall cast more than ten 
votes. Each credential shall state the number of 
votes to which the holder is entitled. 



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ARTICLE VI. 

The Chief Consul shall have power to fill all 
vacancies. 

ARTICLE VII. 

Any member guilty of conduct unbecoming a 
wheelman and gentleman shall be liable to expul- 
sion. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

Additions or amendments to this Constitution 
may be made at any meeting, if adopted by a two 
thirds vote of the members present, provided two 
weeks' notice of the intention to offer such addi- 
tions or amendments be published in the official 
organ of the League of American Wheelmen. 

ARTICLE IX. 

At all meetings of the Division or Board of 
Officers, Cushing's Manual shall be authority when 
not in conflict with this Constitution. 



BY-LAWS. 



ARTICLE I. 

ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. 

Section 1. There shall be an annual meeting of 

the Division as provided for in Article 5 of the 

Constitution. Special meetings may be called as 

provided for in Article VIII, Section 2 of these 
By-Laws. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS — ANNUAL MEETING. 

Sec. 2. The order of business at the annual 
meeting shall be as follows : 

1. Appointment of Committee on Credentials. 

2. Report of Chief Consul. 

3. Report of Secretary-Treasurer. 

4. Report of Committee on Credentials.- 

5. Appointment of Auditing Committee. 

6. Reports of Standing Committees. 

7. Reports of Special Committees. 

8. Unfinished or referred business. 

9. Miscellaneous and Dew business. 
10. Adjournment. 

SPECIAL MEETINGS. 

Sec. 3. The order of business for special meet- 
ings shall be: 

1. Appointment of Committee on Credentials. 

2. Report of Committee on Credentials. 

3. Special business. 

4. Adjournment. 

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ARTICLE II. 

PARADE. 

At the date and place of the annual meeting of 
this Division, there shall be a general parade, to be 
arranged and managed by the Chief Consul, or 
whomever he may appoint, in which all members of 
the League of American Wheelmen shall be invited 
to participate. In this parade the clubs shall have 
precedence in the order of their joining the League. 

ARTICLE III. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS — CHIEF CONSUL. 

Section 1. The Chief Consul shall have the 
general management and oversight of the affairs of 
the League in this State. He shall preside at all 
meetings of the Division and Board of Officers, and 
shall appoint representatives when vacancies occur. 
He shall apx^oint one Consul for each locality that 
in his judgment is entitled thereto ; appoint League 
hotels and fill any vacancy in any office or com- 
mittee; appoint delegates, when vacancies occur, 
to the National Assembly within two months after 
said vacancy has occurred. 

VICE CONSUL. 

Sec. 2. The Vice Consul shall preside in the 
absence of the Chief Consul, and perform all the 
necessary duties of the Chief Consul at that time ; 
and in case of death, resignation or removal of the 
Chief Consul, he shall be the Chief Consul until the 
next annual election. 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 55 



SECRETARY-TREASURER. 

Sec. 3. The Secretary-Treasurer, shall receive 
and account for all money belonging to the Divi- 
sion. He shall keep a record of all applications for 
and renewals of membership in the League of 
American Wheelmen from this State, and shall 
perform such other duties as the office requires. 
His accounts shall be audited by the Finance Com- 
mittee, and he shall give bond in such amount as 
the Board of Officers may determine. 

REPRESENTATIVES. 

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Representa- 
tives to attend punctually all meetings of the 
Board of Officers and Division; ascertain and pro- 
mote the interests of the Division and League in 
the districts they represent and assist the Chief 
Consul in carrying on the work of this organization 
in such ways as he may direct. 

LOCAL consuls. 

Sec. 5. Local Consuls shall acquire and give 
any information as to roads, hotels, laws and other 
matters of interest in their localities to members of 
the League calling upon them in person or by 
letter; keep the Division Officers informed from 
time to time by reports; perform such duties as the 
latter may require of them, and generally promote 
the interests of the League and its members. 
Consuls' terms of office shall expire December 1st of 
each year or upon the appointment of their succes- 
sors; but they may be removed for cause at any 
time by the Chief Consul, whose lieutenants they 
shall be considered. 



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ARTICLE IV. 

TERM OF OFFICE. 

The terms of all officers and standing committees 
shall expire on December 1st of each year; but 
they shall hold over until their successors are 
elected or appointed. 

ARTICLE V. 

ELECTIONS. 

Section 1. In accordance with Article III, Sec- 
tion 1 of the Constitution, the Chief Consul, Vice 
Consul, Secretary-Treasurer and one Representative 
for each two hundred Division members on the roll 
October 1st, shall be nominated at the annual 
meeting of the Division and elected between Octo- 
ber 15th and November 15th following. 

Sec. 2. This election shall be by mail vote. 
The Secretary-Treasurer shall send to each member 
a numbered voting blank with a list of the officers to 
be voted for printed thereon. These blanks must 
be properly filled in, signed by the member casting 
the vote, together with his or her League number, 
and returned to the Secretary-Treasurer, who will 
count the same and publish the result in the League 
of American Wheelmen Bulletin not later than 
December 1st. Ballots received later than the last 
mail of November 15th will not be counted. 

Sec. 3. The Secretary- Treasurer shall invite 
each candidate to be present, either in person or 
by proxy, and shall not open the ballots except in 
the presence of at least three of the candidates or 
their proxies. 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 57 

Sec. 4. A ballot once mailed can not be recalled 
or changed, and if two or more ballots are received 
from one member the first shall be counted. 

CLUB REPRESENTATIVES. 

Sec. 5. Club Representatives must be elected 
by their clubs as soon after October 15th as practic- 
able, and must have their election certified to by 
the Club President and Secretary, and the certifi- 
cate must be accompanied with a list of the Club 
members, sworn to, as being bona fide members, 
by their Club Secretary. It shall be the duty of 
the Division Secretary to ask for and ascertain all 
information possible regarding a League Club rep- 
resentative, and he must satisfy himself that the 
Club is bona fide, and that the members are not 
already represented on the Board of Officers, and 
report the facts to the Board. The Board may then 
order the issuance of the certificate by the Secretary 
of the Division, and the Club representative shall 
then be entitled to a seat on the Board. 

Sec. 6. If at any time the League membership 
of a League Club shall fall below the number 
required to elect a representative (20), its repre- 
sentative on the Board of Officers shall cease to be 
a member of the Board. 

ARTICLE VI. 

DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. 

Section 1. The Chairman of the Committee on. 
Rights and Privileges shall be an attorney in actual 
practice and shall serve as the legal adviser and 
attorney of the Division. He shall keep a docket 
and record all cases coming under his notice per- 



58 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

taining to cycling, which shall become the property 
of the Division, and shall at all times be ready to 
advise the officers of the Division as to their duties 
without further special compensation, except that 
the Board of Officers may at any time appropriate a 
sum or sums to reimburse him for expenses incurred 
by him in the discharge of his duties. 

Sec. 2. The Committee on Touring shall arrange 
and secure special rates and agreements for car- 
riage of members of the League and their wheels ; 
shall have the power to represent the Division in 
negotiating with transportation lines and fit the 
routes for League travel in this State. 

Sec. 3. The Racing Board shall have full charge 
of all Division races, and shall keep a complete 
list of all records made on the track in Missouri. 
They shall report all breaches of racing rules to the 
Board of Officers. 

Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Committee on 
Improvement of Highways to promote, in the 
public, and through the members of this Division, 
a sense of the utility, general economy and desira- 
bility of high class roads; to encourage legislation 
requiring public officials to construct and maintain 
good roads, and generally perform such duties as 
shall best promote the objects of the League and 
this Division. 

Sec. 5. The duties of the Auditing Committee, 
appointed by the Chief Consul at the annual meet- 
ing, shall be to examine the books and vouchers of 
the Secretary-Treasurer, and report the same to the 
Board of Officers . 



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ARTICLE VII. 

ANNUAL DUES. 

The annual dues of each member shall be $1, and 
shall be payable to the Secretary of the League of 
American Wheelmen. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

BOARD OF OFFICERS — MEETINGS. 

Section 1. Four meetings of' the Board of 
Officers shall be held in each year; the annual 
meeting on the first Thursday in December, and 
quarterly thereafter, on the first Thursday in 
March, June and September, at 8:30 p. m. ; the 
place for holding such meetings to be chosen by the 
Chief Consul, seven days' notice thereof to be 
given each member in writing by the Secretary- 
Treasurer. 

SPECIAL meetings. 

Sec. 2. Special meetings of the Board may be 
called by the Chief Consul, and shall be called upon 
the written request of not less than three members 
■of the Board: the call to state the special business 
to be transacted. 

ORDER of business. 

Sec. 3. At the regular meetings of the Board of 
Officers the order of business shall be as follows: 

1. Calling roll. 

2. Reading minutes of the last meeting. 

3. Report of Chief Consul. 

4. Report of Secretary-Treasurer. 

5. Reports of Standing and Special Committees. 



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6. Election of delegates to the Natioual Assembly. 

7. Unfinished business. 

8. New and miscellaneous business. 

9. Adjournment. 

Sec. 4. At special meetings of the Board no 
business shall be transacted except such as speci- 
fied on the call. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Members removing from this Division to another 
may obtain membership in the latter Division by 
filing with the Secretary of the League and with 
the Secretary-Treasurers of both Divisions notice 
of intention of such change. Upon receipt of such 
notice the Secretary of the League will transfer the 
applicant and debit the old and credit the new 
Division with pro rata share of the members' dues 
computed quarterly. 

ARTICLE X. 

Any officer of this Division may be removed from 
office for malfeasance or dereliction of duty by a 
two-thirds vote of the members present at any 
meeting of the Board of Officers: Provided, that 
written notice of charges shall have been served on 
him at least fifteen days prior thereto, and that he 
shall be given an opportunity to be heard. Such 
charges shall be preferred to the Chief Consul, who 
may suspend any officer so charged pending inves- 
tigation. In case charges are made against the 
Chief Consul they shall be preferred to the Vice 
Consul. 



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ARTICLE XI. 

AMENDMENTS. 

These By-Laws may be altered or amended by a 
majority of members voting in person at any regu- 
lar or special meeting of the Board of Officers: 
Provided, notice of the proposed amendment shall 
be given to the Board of Officers in writing at least 
thirty days prior to such meeting. 




MISSOURI DIVISION. 



OFFICERS 1S95-1S96. 



Chief Consul. 
Robt. Holm, - 3554 California Ave., St. Louis, Mo. 

Vice Consul. 
E. P. Moriarity, - - 110 W. Sth St., Kansas City. 

Secretary -Treasurer. 

W. M Butler, - - 2636 Osage St., St. Louis. 

Representatives. 

F.F.Campbell, - - 704 Main St., Kansas City. 

J. R. Bettis, 212 S. 3d St., St. Louis. 

M.J. Gilbert, - - 205 N. 4th St., St. Louis. 

Club Representatives. 

St. Louis Cycling Club, D. W. Robert, 2922 Washington 

Ave., St. Louis. 
South Side Cycle Club, C. C. Hildebrand, 343Sa Park 

Ave., St. Louis. 

STANDING COMMITTEES. 

Touring Board. 

M. J. Gilbert, Chairman, - 205 N. 4th St., St. Louis. 
W.H.Cameron, -- St. Joseph, Mo. 

H. R. Warren, - . - - Kansas City, Mo. 

Racing Board. 

E. N. Sanders, Chairman, 1331 Washington Ave., St. Louis. 
E. P. Moriarity, - - - Kansas City, Mo. 

Geo. H. Kunkel, - Mexico, Mo. 

JoeE.Peltz, - . - Springfield, Mo. 

C. W. Hardman, St. Joseph, Mo. 

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Highway Improvement Committee. 
Levi Chubbuck, - _- - Kidder, Mo.. 

W. H. Reynolds, - - - Sedalia, Mo. 

J.R. Bettis, - - - 212 S. 3d St., St. Louis, Mo,. 

Rights and Privileges Committee. 
Franklin Ferris, Chairman, S. E. Cor. Broadway and 

Olive Sts., St. Louis, Mo. 
W. H. Shipley, - Monett, Mo. 

C. B. Truitt, - Macon, Mo. 

City Streets (St. Louis) Committee. 
J. R. Bettis, Chairman, - 212 S. 3d St., St. Louis, Mo. 
J. C. Anderson, - Main & Park Ave., St. Louis, Mo 
W. G. Simmons, - - - 12 S. 3d St., St. Louis, Mo. 

CYCLING LAW. 

The bicycle is a carriage, and the wheelman may 
go upon the public highways at all times possessed 
of the same right and liable only to the same restric- 
tions to which the drivers of other carriages are sub- 
ject. He must keep his wheel in safe, road worthy 
condition, keep to the right of the center of the 
highway when meeting other vehicles, give way 
when necessary to drivers passing in the sam& 
direction who may desire to pass him, exercise 
proper care to prevent collision with other carriages 
and with travelers on foot, and in general the degree 
of care which he is required to exercise is such as a 
person of ordinary care and prudence would exer- 
cise in the particular ease in which the question 
arises. The law favors courtesy, though it does not 
demand it, and in the face of the existing prejudice 
against bicycles, the exercise of deference compati- 
ble with dignity under trying circumstances will, in 
case of a trial at law, go far toward winning the 
favor of court and jury, and exemplify the sound- 
ness of the maxim: 

"Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just." 



GOOD ADVICE. 



Courtesy ou the road to drivers will tend to cause 
the same attention in return. 

Never forget to act the gentleman when in cycling 
costume. Any deviation from this course brings 
censure on all who ride the wheel. 

Noise is common ; a quiet and unobtrusive manner 
denotes the gentleman, especially at a public hotel, 
and ensures you a welcome in the future. 

Pass all teams going in the same direction on the 
left side when possible; if there is more than room 
on the right side you can pass there at your own 
risk. 

When two or more wheelmen are riding together, 
never separate and pass on both sides of a team, the 
horse is more likely to become frightened and injury 
result. 

The following rules should always be observed 
when traveling over railroad lines with bicycle: 
-Apply to depot baggage-master before getting on 
cars, and have him mark bicycle to destination. 
Dealings should be with depot baggage-master as 
much as possible and not with train baggageman. 
In case charges should be exacted by baggageman, 
take receipt for amount paid, and send same to the 
Chairman. 



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TOURING. 



The chief pleasure which a bicycle affords is to be 
enjoyed by touring in congenial company, over 
good roads, through an unfamiliar country abound- 
ing in fine scenery or interesting historical associa- 
tions. The ideal number for a touring party is 
perhaps four, though two is generally to be preferred 
to three. In the case of three there is likely to be 
an odd man ; in the case of more than four a lack of 
harmony may develop, and delays made to gratify 
one may prove irksome to others. It will be found 
convenient for one member of the party to act as 
the paymaster, while to another is delegated the 
care of the baggage. A trip of eight or ten days 
will satisfy most riders, and if there is a spare day 
sandwiched in the middle, on which a rest is taken, 
the enjoyment of the tour will gain zest. Sixty or 
eighty miles a day should be the maximum distance 
even over the best roads, and if the tourist is to get 
the most satisfaction from his outing and mount 
every morning full of ardor for the day' s ride, he 
will content himself with less when roads are not 
good. The comment of an old tourist who sees a 
party of wheelmen devoting one day out of their 
trip to an attempt to make a century run and the 
next one to recuperating from the effort, is: "It is 
magnificent, but it is not touring." Two or three 
days after finishing a tour — if ever — is the time for 
feats of this sort. That the baggage to be carried 
on the wheel must be reduced to the smallest possi- 
ble amount will be impressed upon the novice dur- 

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ing his first day's run. A change of underclothing, 
four or five handkerchiefs, and a tooth brush, rolled 
up in a yard of rubber cloth, will make as big a 
bundle as he will enjoy carrying when his coat is 
added to it. If he think them indispensable, a pair 
of stockings may also go into the roll, and if he wear 
the "Jersey fitting garments" he must carry slung 
over his back a small bag containing what he would 
otherwise place in his pockets. All his remaining 
baggage he should express ahead in his valise. He 
can generally so arrange that he can get at this 
every night if he chooses, but once in three or four 
days will answer the requirements of most men. 
Upon arriving at his hotel at night, the rider, after 
enjoying a cold bath and a hard rub, and putting on 
his dry underclothing, should see to it that the gar- 
ments which he has just taken off are thoroughly 
dried over night by a fire. If he does not take 
special pains to impress upon the hotel people the 
necessity of absolute dryness, the clothing may 
come back to him in the morning still damp, in 
which case he will have to finish the drying process 
when he stops that day for his noonday meal. Un- 
less he establish communications every night 
with his valise, he will have to sleep sometimes in 
his underclothing — not altogether a disadvantage, 
for the sheets of country inns are sometimes damp. 
It is hardly worth while to carry any, rubber cloth- 
ing, even in the valise. Riding in rubber gar- 
ments of any kind is intolerable. The coat and 
shirt pockets of a wheelman ought to be so ar- 
ranged as to permit them to be buttoned up, but 
in the absence of buttons, safety pins will be found 
convenient. This remark applies especially to the 
coat, because it is carried most of the time on the 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 67 

handlebar. A serious objection to luggage carriers 
attached to the back-bone is the difficulty of climb- 
ing over them. 

While on the road the writer has followed with ill 
effects Karl Kron's rule of drinking whatever was to 
be had and as often as he was thirsty. Milk is 
about as satisfactory as anything to most stomachs, 
and a lemonade with an egg broken into it proves a 
very gratifying form of refreshment. Beer is de- 
cidedly heating, and if a wheelman must drink 
spirits at anytime it should be only at the end of his 
day's run, after his bath and before his evening 
meal. Some tourists think highly of the practice of 
carrying a lozenge or piece of gum in the mouth to 
allay thirst. The writer has always had in his 
pocket a drinking cup, but very likely Karl Kron's 
plan of carrying a small piece of rubber tubing is 
preferable and less trouble. 

League hotels should be patronized in every case, 
not only on account of the reduced rates which they 
usually offer, but also because they are more likely 
to recognize the peculiar wants of wheelmen than 
are other inns. They will prove more trustworthy 
sources of information in regard to the roads, and 
will offer fewer obstacles to the demand for bathing 
facilities than will houses at which wheelmen tourists 
are less frequent guests. Early starts in the morning 
are a feature rather of speculative than actual tour- 
ing. People who have really tried one speak enthusi- 
astically of the joys of a daybreak ride, but it is to be 
hoped that no tenderfoot will be beguiled by these 
siren voices into ever getting off without his break- 
fast. The advisability of a rest in the middle of the 
day of at least two hours is admitted by most, if not 
all tourists . 



AID TO THE INJURED. 



Serious injuries, such as broken bones, disloca- 
tions, severed arteries, ruptured ligaments, etc., 
require the presence and skill of a surgeon at the 
earliest possible moment; but as it is one of the 
peculiarities of accidental injuries to happen very 
frequently at times and places when it is impossible 
to procure a surgeon immediately, the following 
directions, relating to injuries of everyday occur- 
rence, are valuable, short, and easily remembered: 

Bruises. — Discoloration and the seat of pain will 
indicate the location of bruises. An easy position, 
with cold applications, followed by applications of 
tine, of arnica, camphor, or laudanum is the best 
treatment. 

Cuts and Wounds. — Cleanse thoroughly with warm 
water, when necessary; bring the edges of the 
wound or cut closely together and fix with adhesive 
plaster. Bathe the parts about the wound or cut 
with Pond's Extract, tinct. of arnica, camphor, or 
laudanum to allay inflammation. 

Sprains. — These usually occur about the joints, 
and may be distinguished from fractures or disloca- 
tions by the power of moving the parts and the 
absence of displacement. They are followed by 
swelling and extreme pain. Rest is absolutely 
necessary. Shower the parts with cold water for 
half an hour. Bathe the injured parts with arnica, 
camphor, laudanum, or alcohol; bandage tightly 
and keep the member in an elevated position. 

Fractures. — These can be recognized by the dis- 
placement and inability to move the part. The 

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MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 69 

grating of the fractured surface of the bone may be 
felt and heard by slightly moving the broken limb. 
Send for a surgeon at once ; but if one can not be 
had, or if there be long delay in getting one, a good 
rule to follow is to place the patient on his back, 
with the sound limb in an easy and natural position; 
then let two persons grasp the injured limb, one 
above and the other below the fracture, and, by 
making steady traction on the limb, get it to cor- 
respond exactly with the sound one, and confine it 
in that position with splints and bandages. 

Mashed or Crushed Surfaces. — When no bones are 
broken, or arteries or large veins torn, wash the 
injured parts in tepid water until a clear view can 
be had of the hurt, then apply warm fermentations 
of laudanum, arnica, or water, cover with oiled silk, 
bandaging with linen or cotton cloth. 

Wounded or Severed Veins. — A vein is known to 
be wounded when dark blood flows in a rapid and 
uniform stream from the seat of injury. Apply cold 
compress and fasten tightly with roller bandage. 

When an artery is cut or wounded, the blood is 
of a rich scarlet or ruby red color, and comes In 
regular spurts. Immediately and tightly compress 
the surface of the nearest convenient spot between 
the wound and the heart, and apply ice or cold 
water, use styptics, such as pulverized alum, gallic 
acid, etc., and send for a physician at once. Time 
is life in such a case. 

An impromptu but efficient compress is made by 
tying the ends of a handkerchief together, placing 
it at the desired point of compression, and twisting 
as tightly as possible by means of a stick used as a 
lever. 



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Burns and Scalds. — If the burn be severe, extend- 
ing over a large surface, wrap the patient in a warm 
blanket and give stimulants, i. e., brandy or whis- 
key, freely until reaction has taken place. The 
burnt clothing should be removed and a thick coat- 
ing of fine wheaten flour should be evenly applied, 
covered by soft linen. After a few days this dress- 
ing should be removed with warm water and equal 
parts of linseed oil and lime water applied, covered 
with cotton batting. 

Adhesive tire-tape, such as is carried by mo'st 
wheelmen, will be found very useful in applying 
ligatures, holding compresses in place, etc. 

DIRECTIONS FOR RESUSCITATING PERSONS APPAR- 
ENTLY DEAD PROM DROWNING. 

1. Lose no time. Carry out these directions on 
the spot. 

2. Remove the froth and mucus from the mouth 
and nostrils. 

3. Hold the body — for a few seconds only — with 
the head hanging down, so that the water may run 
out of the lungs and windpipe. 

4." Loosen all tight articles of clothing about the 
neck and chest. 

5. See that the tongue is pulled forward if it 
falls back into the throat. By taking hold of it 
with a handkerchief it will not slip. 

6. If the breathing has ceased or nearly so, it 
must be stimulated by pressure of the chest, with 
the hands, in imitation of the natural breathing, 
forcibly expelling the air from the lungs, and allow- 
ing it to re-enter and expand them by the elasticity 
of the ribs. Remember that this is the most im- 
portant step of all. 



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To do it readily, lay the person on his back, with 
a cushion, pillow, or some such substance under his 
shoulders ; then press with the flat of tbe hands over 
the lower part of the breast bone and the upper part 
of the abdomen, keeping up a regular repetition and 
relaxation of pressure of twenty pounds for a child, 
while a pressure of thirty pounds may be applied 
with safety to a grown person. 

7. Rub the limbs with the hands or with dry 
cloths constantly, to aid the circulation and keep 
the body warm. 

8. As soon as the person can swallow, give a 
tablespoonful of spirits in hot water, or some warm 
coffee or tea. 

9. Work deliberately. Do not give up too 
quickly. Success has rewarded the efforts of hours. 



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IN CASE OF ACCIDENT, 

OBTAIN THE SERVICES OF A SURGEON AS SOON AS 
POSSIBLE. 



Sprains. — Put the part into a pailful of strong 
salt and water, as hot as can be borne, for an hour; 
then put on hot flaxseed or other poultices. Arnica 
and water is good. 

Chafes. — Use Hamamelis Cerate. 

Fractures. — Support by slings both parts of the 
broken bone in the natural position; keep hot water 
on the part to keep down inflammation. 

Cuts. — The application of hot water will stop 
bleeding ordinarily. If an artery is cut it will spout ; 
then apply pressure between it and the heart, either 
with fiDgers or by twisting a handkerchief around 
the limb. If a vein is cut, blood is dark and oozes; 
apply a compress and bind it. on tightly . 

Heat Stroke. — Strip upper part of body, lay in 
shade out of doors and dash cold water on head and 
spine. If he regains consciousness, put to bed with 
ice at head; get bowels to move. If pulse fails, 
give brandy frequently in small doses. 

Concussion of Brain. — Put in bed with head 
low; apply heat to limbs and under the arms. Don't 
give anything to eat or drink. If patient doesn't 
"come to" readily, let him inhale ammonia at inter- 
vals of fifteen or twenty minutes. 



72 



Description of Roads by 
Counties. 



ADAIR 



Is in the northern part of the state, north of Macon 
and east of Sullivan counties, and presents a hilly to 
rolling surface. From Kirksville, a town of 4,000' 
people, located in the center, a number of clay 
roads radiate. T. H. Brewington kindly reports; 
Kirksville north to Sublet, 8 miles, smooth, few- 
grades; to Greentop, 12 miles, very hilly; to Queen 
City, Schuyler county, 16 miles, smooth; to Glen- 
wood, 26 miles, and to Bloomfield, Iowa, 46 miles ; 
all good dirt roads, streams well bridged. Kirks- 
ville south to Millard, about 8 miles, good, few 
hills; to La Plata, Macon county, 16 mile^, good 
dirt road, and to Macon 20 miles more. Along 
touring route runs south from Kirksville to the 
southwest part of the state via Newburg, 14 miles ; 
Callao, 30 miles; Rolling Home, 46 miles; thence 
via Salisbury, 60 miles; Glasgow, 78 miles; Mar- 
shall, 103 miles ; Knob Noster, 138 miles ; Clinton, 
173 miles ; Nevada, 223 miles ; Carthage, 255 miles,. 
and Joplin, total 275 miles. This is all good dirt 
road, with streams well bridged. Another good- 
touring route runs southwest from Kirksville to- 
Lindersville, 12 miles ; Auvaska, 34 miles ; Enter- 
prise, 40 miles ; Linneus, 50 miles, and Chillicothe, 
75 miles. This is all good, nearly level, streams, 
bridged. A better route extends from Newburg, 
16 miles, to Mercyville, 21 miles; Bucklin, 30 miles;, 
then via H. & St. J. R. R. track to Chillicothe,. 
total 65 miles. Kirksville east 16 miles to Murd- 
land, Knox county, via Bullion, 6 miles ; Brashear,. 

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13 miles; fair dirt road. This road followed east 
and south via Edina, 24 miles, few hills, Newark, 
41 miles, and Durham, 60 miles, furnishes a through 
route to Quincy, 111., 75 miles. Kirksville west to 
Chariton River, 6 miles, good bottom road with 
exception of one mile of sand. Chariton River to 
Stieklerville, 12 miles, via Pure Air, 5 miles, tough, 
very hilly and broken, walking good. Kirksville 
west to Trenton, 63 miles, via Sloan's Point, 6 
miles ; Greencastle, 25 miles ; Greer City, 29 miles ; 
Milan, 41 miles; Gait, 53 miles; 10 miles hilly, 
balance good ridge roads, streams bridged. Kirks- 
ville northeast to Adair, 18 miles, fair in dry 
weather. Kirksville north to Sperry, 12 miles; 
Willmathville, 18 miles. Kirksville northwest to 
Shibley's Point, 15 miles, fair in dry weather. 
Kirksville northwest to Novinger, 12 miles; Stahl 
P. O. 16 miles; to Union Ridge, Sullivan county, 
22 miles ; hilly for 5 or 6 miles. Kirksville south- 
east to Gibb's City, 16 miles; good road but very 
heavy grades. Streams in this county are all 
bridged. 

Hotels: Kirksville, Hotel Pool, L. A. W. $2.00 
per day; meals or lodging, 50 cents; Central Hotel, 
L. A. W. rates $1.00 per day. Consul: Kirksville, 
T. H. Brewington. 

ANDREW. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

On the Missouri river, northwestern part of the 
state. Savannah (population 1,300) is the county 
seat. Chas. Bright kindly reports that the roads 
north from this point and west into Kansas are 
mostly rolling to hilly surface. St. Joseph, 12 miles 
south, in Buchanan county, is reached from Savan- 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. /O 

nah by two roads, which join at a fork 4 miles 
north of St. Joseph. The west or river road is 
embellished by several hills, some of which rise one 
foot in six, and is sometimes rutty. East road is 
better, of good clay and rolling surface; several 
easily climbed hills; splendid coasting and pleasant 
two-hour ride. Savannah to Maryville, 4 miles 
northwest and 26 miles due north, via Bennett' s 
lane and Ridge road; hilly, black loam road; good. 
Savannah north to Rosendale, 8 miles, somewhat 
billy; Bolckow, 13 miles, level bottom; to Barnard, 
Nodaway county, 18 miles, level bottom, and to 
Maryville, 30 miles, good, except a few miles near 
Barnard. Savannah southwest to Nodaway, 10 
miles, very rough and hilly, and thence to Holt 
■county line, 5 miles, good bottom road. Savannah 
northeast to Empire, 17 miles, rough and hilly, 
-crossing the Rochester to Maryville road 6 miles 
out. Savannah northwest to Fillmore, 13 miles, 
thence west into Holt county. Savannah south- 
east to Rochester, 10 miles, rough and hilly; road 
continues on through De Kalb county. Savannah 
to Amazonia, 4 miles, southwest ; rocky clay, good. 
Nodaway north to Fillmore, 10 miles, first 5 miles 
good, balance rough and hilly; and northeast to 
Savannah and Maryville road, 18 miles. Rochester 
northwest to Maryville, Nodaway county, 35 miles, 
via Whitesville, 12 miles. Rochester northeast to 
Darlington, Gentry county, 22 miles, good prairie 
road. Rochester east-northeast to county line, 5 
miles, good prairie road; continues through De 
Kalb county to Gentryville, Gentry county, 30 
miles. 

Hotels: Savannah, St. Charles, $1 per day; 
meals, 20 cents each; L. A. W. rate, 75 cents per 



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day. Bolckow, Valley House; Rosendale, Corder 
House, each $1 per day, and meals 25 cents. Local 
Consul, Savannah, Chas. Bright. 

ATCHISON. 

In the northwest corner of the state. The roads 
in the county are generally good and smooth, but 
the general character of the county, except the 
Missouri bottom, is quite rolling. The roads are all 
dirt and bumpy after rain. I. S. Ball, County 
Clerk, kindly reports: Rockport east to Tarkio, 8 
miles, fine dirt road but hilly. Tarkio northeast to 
Westboro, 10 miles, fair dirt road, somewhat roll- 
ing. Westboro northeast to Blanchard, Iowa, 10 
miles, same. Rockport southeast to Corning, Holt 
county, 12 miles, fine level dirt road. Corning 
northwest to Langdon, 12 miles; Phelps, 15 miles; 
Watson, 19 miles ; then northwest 9 miles to Ham- 
burg, Iowa. The foregoing is all level bottom road, 
fine in dry weather, but bumpy for a time after 
rain. Rockport west to Phelps, 6 miles, 2 miles 
clayey and hilly, balance fine. Rockport southeast 
to Fairfax, 12 miles, rough and hilly. Fairfax to 
Tarkio, 7 miles northeast, fair, rolling. Tarkio to 
Burlington Junction, Nodaway county, 15 miles 
east, good, rolling dirt road. Langdon northeast to 
Rockport, 6 miles, fine level dirt road. 

Hotels: Rockport, Cottage Home, $2 per day; 
Valley House and Farmers' House, each $1 per 
day; Tarkio, Clifton House, L. A. W. $1.50 per day, 
meal and lodging, 35 cents; Auditorium, $2 per 
day; Delmonico, $1 per day; Langdon, Hentz 
Hotel, $2 per day; Phelps, Courtright House, $1 
per day; Watson, N. N. Green or John Noles, each 
$1 per day; Hamburg, Hunter House, $2 per day; 



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Westboro, The Elkhorn. All are good hotels. Fair- 
fax and Blanehard each has a good hotel. Consul: 
Tarkio, F. F. Kinney. 

AUDRAIN. 

An important county to cross-country tourists. 
Lies just west of Pike county. Geo. H. Kunkel 
kindly reports : Mexico is a nourishing town in the 
center of the county. From Mexico eight roads of 
considerable length radiate. All streams in county 
are bridged. Those running east and west being 
part of a capital touring route from Clarksville and 
Louisiana to Sedalia, etc. A good route starting 
from the main street, leads north and east 15 miles 
to Laddonia in a winding course, yellow and black 
clay roads, some pretty timber. This route, fol- 
lowed straight north past the Laddonia road, leads 
through Santa Fe, 10 miles from the crossing point, 
then 20 miles to New London through rather rocky 
country, connecting there with a delicious 9-mile 
pike to Hannibal. Bowling Green, Louisiana and 
Clarksville are best reached from Laddonia, by 
riding 3 miles north, slight up grade, then due east 
9 miles, on level prairie road to Vandalia. A shorter 
but poorer road follows the railroad via Farber. 
From Vandalia north 1 mile, and 11 miles east in 
level clay to Curryville, 8 miles further to Bowling 
Green, thence east and south over the well known 
Pike county gravel roads. Mexico, south to Aux- 
vasse, 12 miles, fine dirt road; then via Fulton, 13 
miles farther, through hilly and rocky country to 
Jefferson City. The Sedalia route runs southwest 
from Mexico 90 miles, via Columbia, 30 miles; 
Rocheport, 43jrniles; across river to Boonville, 54 



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miles. A good level prairie road runs west from 
Mexico to Moberly as follows : Mexico to Thomp- 
son, 7 miles, few easy hills; to Centralia, 18 miles; 
to Sturgeon, 25 miles; to Clark, 36 miles; toRenick, 
42 miles; to Moberly, 49 miles. A good touring 
route runs northwest via Paris, 29 miles; Shelby- 
ville, 48 miles; Newark, 67 miles, to Edina, 84 
miles; clay and hilly, but good road. Mexico south- 
east along Wabash R. R., to Benton City, 7 miles; 
Martinsburg, 15 miles; good prairie road. 

Hotels: Mexico, Ringo Hotel, L. A.W. rate, $1.50; 
meals 35 cents, lodging 50 cents. Consul, Mexico, 
Geo. H. Kunkel. Repair shop, Mexico, T. M. 
Greenup. 

BARRY. 

In the Ozarks, southwest part of the state. Cass- 
ville is the main town. Thos. J. Foster kindly 
reports : Several long roads pass through the county, 
but reported tough. Monett, in extreme northern 
part, has several wheelmen and good roads. George 
Parish kindly reports: Monett to Pierce City, north- 
west 4 miles; medium hilly dirt road; last mile fair 
coasting; to Sarcoxie, Jasper county, 14 miles, fair. 
A good touring route leads to Springfield, 42 miles 
northeast, via Verona, 8 miles, fair dirt, last 2 miles 
hilly and rough; Aurora, 13 miles, half rough, bal- 
ance good hilly dirt road; Marionville, 19 miles., 
first half smooth dirt, balance rough and hilly; 
Billings, 25 miles, rough, but few hills ; Republic, 
32 miles, fair; to Springfield, good prairie road. 
Monett south to Purdy, 8 miles, good road; to Cass- 
ville, 20 miles, good dirt road. Cassville southwest 
to Washburn, up the valley, mostly good dirt road, 



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8 miles. The east road from Cassville to Washburn 
is much better than valley road for touring, distance 

9 miles. Washburn north to Pierce City, 28 miles, 
via Corsicana, 17 miles, fair road in dry weather. 
Cassville southwest to Exeter, 5 miles. Cassville 
west to Rocky Comfort, McDonald county, 17 miles. 
Cassville northeast to Marionville, Lawrence county, 
30 miles. Cassville southwest to Pineville, 35 
miles. Cassville southeast to Golden, 17 miles. 
Cassville east to Panacea [Mineral Springs], 6 
miles. Cassville east to Hailey, 11 miles. Cass- 
ville north to McDowell, 11 miles. Washburn 
southwest to Bentonville, Ark., distance 25 miles; 
fine gravel. Washburn southwest to Rogers, Ark., dist- 
ance 24 miles ; good gravel road. Washburn southeast 
to the famous Eureka Springs, distance 28 miles; 
rather hilly. Exeter south to Washburn, very fair, 
distance 6 miles. Washburn south to Seligman, 
distance 6 miles; rough and hilly. The roads of 
Barry County, as a whole, are somewhat hilly, but 
are usually solid and afford fair wheeling. 

Hotels: Cassville, Depharis, $2 per day. Wash- 
burn, Hotel Mooney, rates reasonable. Monett, Hotel 
Purely and Archibald Hotel. Consuls, Washburn, 
Thos. J. Foster; Monett, W. H. Shipley. 

BARTON. 

In the southwest portion of State, on Kansas bor- 
der. R. W. Aldrich kindly reports: The county 
abounds in fine level roads, and Lamar, the county 
seat, has gravel streets. From Lamar a number of 
roads radiate, as follows: Lamar west to Girard, 
Kan., 31 miles, fine dirt road, streams well bridged. 
Lamar north to Nevada, Vernon County, 28 miles,. 



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via Irwin, 6 miles, and Sheldon, 13 miles, good dirt 
road, few easy hills. Lamar east to Greenfield, 
Dade County, 31 miles, via Kenoma, 6 miles, Golden 
City, 15 miles, Lockwood, 23 miles ; all good, one 
stream unbridged. Lamar south to Carthage, 23 
miles, via Jasper City, 11 miles, hilly, dirt, streams 
bridged. Lamar west to Minden Mines, 18 miles, 
level dirt road, bridged. Lamar northwest to Ver- 
della, 16 miles, perfectly level, one stream unbridged; 
to Ellsworth, 20 miles. Lamar southwest to Nash- 
ville, 20 miles, level, dirt, bridged; 26 miles to 
Medoc. Lamar northeast to Milford, 12 miles, 
slightly rolling ; to Jerico, Cedar County, 22 miles, 
very rough, hilly and rocky ; to Stockton, 34 miles, 
bad road. Lamar south to Beloit, 5 miles; Dublin, 
10 miles, rough dirt. Lamar north to Imo, 10 miles. 
Lamar southwest to Esrom P. O., 8 miles, rough 
dirt. Lamar west to Ianthe, 8 miles; northwest to 
Liberal, 17 miles; to Leroy, 24 miles, all good. 
Lamar northeast to Newport, 11 miles, good. Lamar 
Jiorthwest to Caput, 7 miles. Hotel, Lamar, Lamar 
House. Consul, Lamar, P. McCreary. 

BATES. 

On Kansas border, north of Vernon County. Dr. 
Frank Slater kindly reports: This county abounds 
in good roads on every section line, are dirt and 
generally level. Where there are hills or streams 
"to cross they are stony. Butler south to Rich Hill, 
14 miles, not usually very good for bicycles, up and 
down a good deal, and 3 miles bottom land liable to 
be wet and rutty; two streams, both bridged. 
Rich Hill west to Sprague, 5 miles, rolling but good ; 
Hume, 12 miles, level and good. Rich Hill south 



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to Nevada ; 20 miles, medium road, bridged. Rich 
Hill east to Papinville, 10 miles, level, two streams, 
both bridged; Prairie City, 13 miles, level; to 
Rockville, 20 miles, level, two streams, both, 
bridged; to Osceola, 24 miles more. Rich Hill to 
Foster, northwest 14 miles, rolling but good. Rich 
Hill to Panama, south 5 miles, level and good. 
Rich Hill to Ft. Scott, southwest, via Balltown, 35 
miles, level and good, streams bridged. Rich Hill 
to the several mines, from 2 to 7 miles, roads are 
level and good. Butler north to Adrian, 10 miles, 
level and good roads. Butler east to Johnstown, 18 
miles; northeast to Clinton, 36 miles. Butler west 
to Virginia, 10 miles, nearly level and bridged. 
Butler southwest to Foster, 14 miles, rolling, bridged. 
Adrian to Altona, 5 miles due east, level and good. 
Butler northeast to Altona, 14 miles, level. The 
road to Harrisonville runs north 28 miles from But- 
ler, via Crescent Hill, 10 miles, and Adrian, 13 
miles. 

Hotels: Butler, Palace Hotel; Rich Hill, Tal- 
mage House ; Hume, Mitchell Hotel ; Foster, Booth 
House; Papinville, Ogle House; Rockville, Com- 
mercial Hotel; Adrian, Adrian House; Lamar, 
Lamar House, $1.50 per day, meals and lodging, 35 
cents. Local Consul, Rich Hill, T. M. Reanley. 

BENTON. 

West ofjjthe center of the State and south of Pettis 
County. Warsaw, the county seat, connects with 
the towns of this and adjoining counties as per the 
following report of D. B. W. Mayfield : The streams 
are not bridged, but ferries run across the Osage 
river at or near all the fords. The smaller streams 

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are narrow and shallow, except during high water, 
when they are rapid, swift and dangerous. From 
Warsaw north to Lincoln, 12 miles, 6 miles rough, 
rocky road, quite hilly, balance smooth prairie. 
Lincoln north to Ionia, Pettis County, 9 miles, good 
smooth prairie ; to Sedalia, 16 miles more. Warsaw 
northeast to Cole Camp, 20 miles, rough rock and 
gravel road, hilly. From Cole Camp east to county 
line, 8 miles, on road leading to Versailles, county 
seat of Morgan County, 21 miles more, part dirt, 
fairly level ; about half the road is smooth gravel, 
balance rough, hilly and rocky, via Brauersville, 3 
miles, Boeschville, 6 miles from Cole Camp. War- 
saw east across Osage river to Chapman, 7 miles, 
Duroe, 16 miles, rough, rocky and hilly, thence 8 
miles northeast to Boyler's Mill, in Morgan County, 
rough and rocky most of the way. Warsaw south- 
east to Edwards, 18 miles, rough and rocky. 
Edwards southeast to Climax Springs, on the edge 
of Camden County, 8 miles, part rough and rocky, 
balance fair clay and gravel road. Warsaw south- 
east to Dell Delight, 7 miles, Mt. View, 11 miles, 
across Osage river, rocky ridge gravel road, few 
hills. Mt. View southeast, to Cross Timbers, Hick- 
ory County, 8 miles, 4 miles rough rock, balance 
smooth prairie ; southwest to Hermitage, 10 miles 
more, 3 miles rough, balance high clay ridge and 
prairie. Warsaw due south to Fairfield, 8 miles, 
rough rock. Fairfield across Pomme de Terre river, 
on ridge, south toQuincy, Hickory County, 12 miles, 
6 miles rough rock and clay, balance smooth prairie : 
to Hermitage southeast 12 miles more, rough. War- 
saw west across Osage river twice within 1)4 miles, 
to Brownington, Henry County, 22 miles ; first 12 
miles rough rock, balance smooth ridge road through 



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timber; northwest to Clinton, 10 miles more, good. 
Warsaw northwest to Palo Pinto, 11 miles, 8 miles 
of rough rock, balance smooth gravel and prairie 
road. Palo Pinto northwest to Windsor, Henry- 
County, 15 miles, smooth prairie road, except where 
it crosses little bits of timber. Lincoln southeast 
to Edmonson, 8 miles, Duroc, 16 miles. Cole Camp 
north to Mora, 5 miles, and thence southeast 6 miles- 
more to Lake Creek. 

BOLLINGER. 

In Southeast Missouri, near the home of Madison 
County Wheelmen ; has some hilly but good dirt 
and gravel roads. J. Monroe Robins, County Clerk, 
reports: Marquand, Madison County, northeast to 
Patton, 12 miles, fair dirt roads, few hills; east to 
Sedge wickville, 19 miles, hilly, good dirt road;: 
to Yount's Store, 34 miles, good dirt road, hilly; to 
Silver Lake, Perry County, 51 miles, same as pre- 
ceding. Marble Hill northwest to Glen Allen, 3 
miles, no bridge over Crooked Creek, otherwise 
good road; to Bessville, 15 miles, fair dirt road. 
Bessville northwest to Marquand, 5 miles; to Fred- 
erickstown, Madison County, 18 miles. Bessville 
southwest to Castor, 14 miles, of fairly level good 
dirt road ; west to Coldwater, Wayne County, 29 
miles, good dirt and natural gravel road. Castor 
southwest to Greenville, Wayne County, 17 miles, 
Castor Creek to cross. Castor east to Lutesville, 9 
miles. Marble Hill east to Jackson, Cape Girardeau 
County, 20 miles, good "hilly gravel road; via 
Bufordsville, 10 miles, bridged. Marble Hill north 
to Patton, 16 miles, clay and gravel, crossing several 
small streams. This road continues northwest to 



84 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

Farmington, 30 miles farther, or west to Frederick- 
town, 16 miles. Marble Hill northeast to Sedge- 
wickville, 20 miles, gravel and clay, no bridge over 
"White Water River, 12 miles, shallow ford. Roads 
from Sedgewickville lead, one southeast to Jackson, 
15 miles, and another east to the Mississippi River, 
22 miles. Marble Hill northwest to Cedar Creek, 
Madison County, 25 miles, clay and gravel. Marble 
Hill south to Bloomfield, 40 miles, good but hilly for 
12 miles to edge of swamp, then nearly impassable. 
Also cross road at Spring Hill, Stoddard County, on 
the last mentioned road. 2 miles south of county 
line, leading northwest to road from Marble Hill to 
Greenville, 26 miles. There are no bridges across 
streams except as noted. 

Hotels: At Marble Hill and Glen Allen, rates $1 
per day. There is also one at Lutesville. Private 
accommodations in nearly all the little towns in 
Bolliuger County at reasonable rates, but no hotels 
except as above mentioned. 

BOONE. 

Central portion of State, bounded by Missouri 
River on the south. Columbia, a pleasant town of 
5,000 people, is the county seat. The State Uni- 
versity and Agricultural College are also located 
here. Columbia has about eight miles of gravel 
streets, all level or nearly so. All the principal 
roads radiate from it. F. L. Lacaff, Local Consul, 
reports Columbia west to Rocheport, on the Missouri 
River, 15 miles, good gravel road. Beyond Roche- 
port, in Cooper County, south side of river, very 
hilly dirt roads to Boonville, 12 miles, only fair at 
best. Columbia south to Ashland. 16 miles, fair 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 85 

gravel road, easy grades ; to Claysville, 22 miles; 
Scott's Station, 25 miles; Jefferson City, 32 miles, 
fair dirt road, few hills. Columbia southeast to 
county line, 10 miles, gravel, good, with easy grades; 
from county line to Fulton, 18 miles, via Millers- 
burg, Callaway County (about half way between 
Columbia and Fulton), hilly dirt road, tough. Col- 
umbia north to Sturgeon, 20 miles, via Middletown, 
10 miles; and 6 miles further three roads branch, 
one northwest, a second northeast, and a third north- 
northeast; follow latter 2 miles; then northwest to 
Sturgeon; gravel road, 6 miles, rolling. Sturgeon 
east 8 miles to Centralia and northwest 25 miles to 
Moberly. Columbia south to Providence, 10 miles, 
dirt road, hilly near Providence. Columbia north- 
east to Centralia, 23 miles, parallel with railroad; 
fair dirt road, few heavy grades. Columbia east to 
Stephens' Store, 12 miles, hilly clay road; to Fulton, 
28 miles, via Pierce, turning southeast, hilly, clay, 
with some level stretches. East and west tourists 
are advised to take this route in preference to the 
shorter one via Millersburg. Columbia northeast to 
Mexico, Audrain County, 28 miles. Columbia north 
and northeast to Paris, Monroe County, 45 miles, 
via Middletown, 10 miles, and 24 miles to Boone 
County line. Rocheport southeast to Providence, 
on Missouri River, 14 miles, quite level until within 
3 miles of Providence, dirt road, said to be very 
good. Rocheport to Sturgeon, 30 miles, via Harris- 
burg, 15 miles, dirt road, some good hills, fair in 
good weather. Centralia, on Wabash and C. & A. 
railroads, south to Jefferson City, about 50 miles, 
dirt road, has a good deal of travel, level for 38 
miles; 12 miles out it crosses Columbia to Mexico 
road, 24 miles out crosses the Columbia to Pulton 



86 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

road, and 14 miles further south it runs 2 or 3 miles 
east of Ashland. This is reported the best road, in 
the county. Centralia southwest to county line, 20 
miles; crossing Rocheport to Sturgeon route, 18 
miles north of Harrisburg. Higbee, Randolph 
County, southeast through Boone County to Callaway 
County line, 30 miles ; crosses Columbia to Centralia 
route at 24 miles, and Centralia to Jefferson City 
road at county line. 

Hotels: Columbia, Powers House, L. A. W. 
rates, if member is accompanied by wheel, $1.50 
per day, meals 35 cents, lodging 50 cents ; Centra- 
lia, Globe Hotel, L. A. W. $2.00 per day, meals and 
lodging 50 cents. Local Consuls: Columbia, F.-L. 
Lacaff ; Centralia, J. M. Phelps. 

BUCHANAN. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

In Northwest Missouri, bordering on Missouri 
River, Chas. W. Hardman kindly says: The roads 
in this county afford good riding the greater part of 
the year. The bottoms become smooth and hard. 
The hills in some localities are a little steep, but 
smooth. Nearly all roads are graded. 

St. Joseph, population 87,000, is somewhat hilly; 
the streets are * good, being paved with brick, 
asphaltum and macadam. All roads leading into 
St. Joseph are exceptionally good for a distance of 
8 miles. 

St. Joseph north to Savannah, 15 miles, dirt road; 
forks 4 miles north of St. Joseph; left fork fair, 
moderately hilly ; right fork moderately hilly with 
good coasting, fine road. To Maryville, 30 miles 
more, via Bennett's Lane and Ridge road; hilly, 
black loam road ; good. 



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St. Joseph northeast to Albany, 61 miles of gen- 
erally hilly gumbo; via Avenue City, 9 miles; 
Rochester, 17 miles ; Helena, 19 miles ; Union Star, 
30 miles; King City, 38 miles; Flint, 45 miles; 
Eddyville, 50 miles; Greenwell Fork, 55 miles; or 
from Rochester due north, via Empire, 27 miles; 
total 60 miles ; all bridged. 

St. Joseph east to Gallatin, 55 miles of fine gumbo 
road; via San Antonio, 11 miles; Stewartsville, 22 
miles, and Cameron, 35 miles. 

St. Joseph east to Easton, 12 miles; southeast to 
Plattsburg,* 30 miles ; via Saxton Station, good all the 
way; to Liberty, due south, 25 miles more good 
road ; then southwest 20 miles to Kansas City, poor 
clay and sand. 

St. Joseph south to Platte City, 33 miles; via 
Halleck, 15 miles, and Newmarket, 23 miles; 
graded road, good; or via Dekalb, 14 miles, good 
road; Weston, 28 miles, hilly; fair; to Platte City, 
37 miles, rough and hilly. This road leads to Kan- 
sas City, 35 miles more, and is good, being an old 
State road. 

St. Joseph southeast to Garrettsburg, 11 miles, 
fine clay road; south to Frazier, 16 miles; to village 
called "Platte River," 23 miles. 

St. Joseph southeast to Agency, 11 miles; good 
road; southwest to Wallace, 22 miles, clay and 
hilly; northwest to DeKalb, 28 miles, and north to 
St. Joseph, 14 miles more ; good road. 

St. Joseph southwest to Atchison, Kansas, 26 
miles ; winding bottom road, fair ; via Rushville, 20 
miles. Over tracks of H. & St. J. & C, R. I. & P. 
to Rushville, 16, miles; thence by good road to 
Atchison, 6 miles more, crossing bridge at East 



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Atchison; toll, five cents; southeast to Leaven- 
worth, 24 miles. 

St. Joseph west to Troy, Kansas, 18 miles; mixed 
road, good. 

Hotels: DeKalb, Frakes House, L. A. W. $1 
per day, meals and lodging 25 cents; Savannah, St. 
Charles; Albany, Evans House; Union Star, 
Valley House; King City, Globe Hotel; Stewarts- 
ville, City Hotel; Cameron, Cameron House; 
Plattsburg, Laclede Hotel; Atchison, Ayres Bros, 
and Byram Hotel; Platte City, Mrs. Baker's; St. 
Joseph, Pacific, rate $3 ; St. Charles, rate $2 ; 
Wellington, rate, L. A. W. $1.50; meals and lodg- 
ing, 25 cents; St. James, rate $1.50. 

Consuls: St. Joseph, Chas. W. Hardman, care 
Hardman's Printer, 6th and St. Charles streets. 
Eepair shops: F. P. Lee Cycle Co., Sportsman's 
Supply Co., and J. W. Batcheller. 

BUTLER. 

Lies just north of the Arkansas line, in the south- 
east part of the State. All the roads in the county 
are dirt, somewhat hilly and rough in places; 
streams are bridged. The County Clerk kindly 
rej)orts: Poplar Bluff southwest 30 miles to Doui- 
phan, 15 miles to county line, smooth clay, balance 
fair. Poplar Bluff northeast to St. Francois River, 
15 miles, smooth, trifle hilly the last 6 miles. This 
road continues on to Bloomfield, Stoddard County, 
17 miles further. Poplar Bluff north to Keeners, 18 
miles; hilly and somewhat rough; continues to 
Greenville, 15 miles further. Poplar Bluff to State 
line, direct south 20 miles, clay ridge road first 10 
miles, balance low and somewhat swampy. Poplar 



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Bluff northwest to Van Buren, Carter County, 20 
miles, hilly and rocky. Ten miles out this road, 
another road crosses, which leads north to Keeners, 
10 miles, and south 10 miles to road from Poplar 
Bluff to Doniphan, crossing the latter and continu- 
ing on southwest through Ripley County. Poplar 
Bluff southeast to Dunklin County, 20 miles,, and 
extends about six miles further to a cross-road 
running southwest to St. Francois River and north- 
west to Bloomfield. 

CALDWELL. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

In northwest part of State. Lies east of Clinton 
County,' Geo. Bothwell kindly reports the roads of 
Caldwell County as all dirt, and during the winter 
and spring are usually muddy, "but during the sum- 
mer and fall are smooth and in good condition. The 
land is undulating prairie, with a creek running 
from west to east through the center. Both north 
and south of the said creek the country is level, but 
along the creek it is somewhat rolling. Kingston 
southwest to Plattsburg, 22 miles, good level gumbo 
road; via Lathrop, 16 miles. Mooresville, in Liv- 
ingston County, west to Breckenridge, 5 miles, 
smooth and hilly ; thence to Nettleton, 11 miles; 
Hamilton, 17 miles, and Kidder, 22 miles. This 
is a fine dirt road, and continues to Cameron, 12 
miles further. Hamilton to Kingston, good, smooth, 
level road, with few hills, 9 miles. Kingston west 
to Mirabile, 7^ miles, good. road. Kingston south 
to Polo, on Chicago, Mil. & St. P. R. R., 6 miles, 
first 3 miles hilly, the balance level; continues to 
Knoxville, south, 10 miles further. Polo to Cowgill, 



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-6 miles east, fine road. Cowgill to Black Oak 7 6 
miles east, good level road. Polo west to Lathrop, 

18 miles, good most of distance. Nettleton south 
to Cowgill, 18 miles; via Gould's Farm, half 
of the way comparatively level. Kingston east to 
Bonanza, 4 miles, good road. Kingston northwest 
to Kerr, 8 miles, good most of the way. Brecken- 
ridge to Braymer, southeast, 12 miles, good road. 

Hotels: Breckenridge, Hotel Caldwell, $1.00 per 
day, meals and lodging, 25 cents ; Hamilton, Kid- 
der, Kingston, Polo and Cowgill have good accom- 
modations; rates from $1.00 to $2.00 per day. 
Consuls: Breckenridge, Geo. Bothwell; Kidder, 
Levi Chubbuck. 

CALLAWAY. 

In the central portion of the State, connected on 
the west with Boone County. Elmer C. Henderson, 
Secretary Fulton Cycling Club, kindly reports: 
Roads in southern part rough, especially near the 
river, but in northern part very good. In eastern 
and western parts roads are fair. Fulton is the 
county seat, and has several wheelmen. Fulton 
south to New Bloomfield, 13 miles ; to Cedar City, 
on Missouri River, across which is Jefferson City, 
25 miles, very rough and hilly. Cedar City east to 
Barkersville, 8 miles; to Cote Sans Dessein, 10 
miles; to Mokane, 17^ miles, sandy. Fulton 
northwest to Columbia, 25 miles ; via Millersburg, 
11 miles; or via Pierce, 9 miles; Stephens' Store, 

19 miles; to Columbia, 28 miles. The short route 
to Millersburg is good . The latter road is very 
good, but very hilly in places. I would advise 
wheelmen to take short route to Columbia. It is 
much the quicker, and besides you get the benefit 



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of 10 miles good gravel road on the other side of 
Millersburg. Fulton north to Auxvasse, 12 miles ; 
to Mexico, 24 miles, part hilly and part prairie, 
beautifully lined with timber last few miles. In 
going from Auxvasse to Fulton a very steep, rocky 
hill is encountered 1%, miles south of town, so I 
would advise wheelmen after leaving Auxvasse to 
ride about % of a mile southwest and then take the 
railroad track across the bridge to MeCredie. Have 
been to Mexico several times on my wheel, and 
always take that route. MeCredie to St. Louis, 110 
miles. Auxvasse to Fulton, 12 miles ; take railroad 
track to MeCredie to save crossing creek and climb- 
ing a steep hill. MeCredie to Fulton, 8 miles, good. 
Kansas City to St. Louis, route leads through Cal- 
laway County via MeCredie. New Bloomfield 
southeast to Cote Sans Dessein, 12 miles, hilly. 
New Bloomfield southeast to Mokane, 14 miles, 
hilly. Mokane north to Fulton, 16 miles. Fulton 
southeast to Portland, 20 miles, hilly part of way, 
balance very good. New Bloomfield northwest to 
Millersburg, 13 miles ; to Stephens' Store, 18 miles, 
fair road. Millersburg northeast to Auxvasse, 13 
miles ; crosses Fulton to Columbia road 8 miles out, 
and Pierce to Concord road 2 miles further; con- 
tinues to Benton City, Audrain County, 12 miles 
further, good. Callaway Station north to Concord, 
9 miles; northeast to Mexico, 14 miles further, 
good. Portland north to Readsville, 7 miles, and 
Williamsburg, on Danville to Columbia route, 15 
miles, good; thence 7 miles to Shamrock, and 12 
miles further to Martinsburg, Audrain County, very 
good. 

Hotels: Fulton, Palace Hotel, L. A. W., $2.00, 
meals or lodging, 50 cents ; Auxvasse, Wind House, 



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$1.00 per day; Mokane, Bellview Hotel. No hotels 
in tlie other towns, except Portland. Consul: 
Fulton, A. W. Bush. 

CAMDEN. 

Lies near center of State, south of Morgan County. 
County Surveyor kindly reports: Linn Creek is the 
county seat, and a number of long, broken, rough, 
gravel and dirt roads radiate from it. Streams, of 
which there are a number, are unbridged, but 
easily forded. Linn Creek north to Versailles, 
Morgan County, 30 miles, rough and broken gravel ; 
via Cape Galena, 12 miles. Linn Creek west to 
Climax Springs, 20 miles, good ridge road. Linn 
Creek southwest to Buffalo, Dallas County, 60 miles; 
first 40 miles broken and rough, balance good level 
road. Linn Creek southeast to Stoutland, 20 miles, 
fair dirt and gravel road. Linn Creek southeast to 
Richland, 20 miles, fair dirt and gravel; crosses 
the Lebanon to Tuseumbia road 15 miles from Linn 
Creek, and 15 miles further to Waynesville, Pulaski 
County. Linn Creek east to Brumley, Miller 
County, 20 miles, broken and rough. Linn Creek 
northeast to Tuseumbia, Miller County, 25 miles ; 
via Damsel, 4 miles, broken and rough. Linn 
Creek south to Lebanon, 31 miles; via Deeaturville, 
13 miles, broken and rough. Linn Creek southwest 
to Hermitage, 30 miles; via Mack's Creek, 14 miles. 

Hotels are good at Linu Creek, Climax Springs. 
and Stoutland. Not over $2.00 per day. 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 93 



CAPE GIRARDEAU. 

Lies on the Mississippi River in the southeastern 
part of the State; contains a large number of excel- 
lent gravel and dirt roads, and is therefore a good 
county for the wandering wheelman. J. W. Can- 
non, in an excellent report, states: All streams in 
the county are bridged, except a few shallow fords. 
The dirt roads are above the average, and the gravel 
roads are kept in good repair. Jackson east to 
Egypt Mills, 13 miles, rough rolling dirt road, thence 
short distance to the river. Jackson north to -Poca- 
hontas, 9 miles, fair roiling dirt road, and 8 miles 
more northwest to Appleton. Jackson north to 
Appleton, 16 miles; via Fruitland, 6 miles, fair 
rolling dirt road; to Perryville, Perry County, 11 
miles more. Jackson northwest to Oak Ridge, 10 
miles, good dirt and gravel road ; east to Pocahontas, 
<3 miles; to River, 15 miles. Jackson northwest to 
Kurreville, 12 miles, good dirt road; to Farmington, 
50 miles. Jackson northwest to Millerville, 9 miles ; 
3 miles gravel, balance good dirt road; to Freder- 
icktown, Madison County, 40 miles, not very good. 
Jackson west to Gravel Hill, 10 miles ; via Burford- 
ville, 8 miles, good gravel road; to Lutesville, 10 
miles more, bad road. Jackson southwest to Snider' s 
Mill, 9 miles, fair rolling dirt road. Jackson south 
to Allenville, 16 miles; via Gordonville, 7 miles; 
about two-thirds fair rolling, balance flat swampy 
road; to Bloomfield, Stoddard County, 45 miles. 
Jackson southeast to Benton, Scott County, 26 
miles, part fair rolling dirt, balance good rock road. 
Jackson southeast to Cape Girardeau, 10 miles, 
good gravel road. Cape Girardeau north to Egypt 
Mills, 10 miles, rough hilly, part dirt, part gravel. 



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Cape Girardeau northwest to Appleton, 26 miles, 
rough and rolling dirt road; via Fruitland, 14 miles. 
Cape Girardeau west to Gordon ville, 10 miles, good 
dirt road, partly graveled. Cape Girardeau south- 
west to Allenville, 16 miles; via Dutchtown, 9 
miles ; about two thirds gravel, balance flat swamp 
road; to Bloomfield, 45 miles, only fair, part hilly 
and part bottom road. Cape Girardeau south to 
Benton, 16 miles, macadamized half way, balance 
rough rolling dirt road. Biehle, Perry County, to 
Appleton, 8. miles, fair, ridable. Altenburg, Perry 
County, southwest to Shawneetown, 15 miles, good 
hilly dirt road, no bridge ; Oak Ridge, 30 miles ; 
via Pocahontas, 21 miles; fair to good. Oak Ridge 
southwest to Millerville, 8 miles, poor ; Burfordville, 
14 miles, fair; to Gravel Hill, 17 miles, good gravel; 
Marble Hill, Bollinger County, 29 miles, good gravel 
road, unbridged except at White Water River. 
Cape Girardeau to Marble Hill, 30 miles ; via Jack- 
son, 12 miles ; is all fair gravel and good riding for 
20 miles, balance hilly. 

Hotels : Good at Cape Girardeau (the Riverview 
and St. Charles) ; Jackson, Oak Ridge, Pocahontas, 
Appleton, Shawneetown and Millerville, at $1.00 to 
$2.00 per day, and fair accommodations at other 
villages at $1.00 to $1.50 per day. Consul: Jack- 
son, J. W. Cannon. 

CARROLL. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

Lies on the Missouri River north of Saline County. 
The roads in the county are all dirt, and during dry 
seasons afford good riding. W. T. Findley kindly 
reports: Brunswick, Chariton County, west to 
DeWitt, 8 miles, level bottom road; to Carrollton, 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 95 

24 miles, good, hilly. Carrollton west to Nprborne, 
10 miles, good, level; to Hardin, Ray Comity, 7 
miles further, good, and continues to Richmond, 15 
miles. Carrollton north to Bogard, 9 miles; north- 
east to Tina, 18 miles ; to Hale, 27 miles, all good 
but hilly. Carrollton north to Chillicothe, Livings- 
ton County, 32 miles, good rolling dirt road. DeWitt 
southwest to Miami. 5 miles, bad; to Wakenda, 11 
miles, good, level; thence northwest to Carrollton, 
10 miles more, good, level. Carrollton northeast to 
Little Compton at Grand River Crossing, 26 miles, 
fair, continues on to Elk's Spring, Chariton County, 
10 miles ; thence to Brookfield, Linn County, 12 
miles further. All below are dirt roads, good, dur- 
ing fair weather: Little Compton northwest to 
Hale, 6 miles. Little Compton southwest to Tina, 
9 miles ; to Mandeville, 22 miles ; west to county 
line, 30 miles, hilly 1% miles each side of Mande- 
ville. Carrollton south and west to Waverly, 12' 
miles. 

Hotels: Carrollton, Florence Hotel, L. A. W., 
$2.00 per day, meals or lodging, 50 Cents; Silver 
Moon Restaurant and Burlington Hotel, $1.00 each 
per day ; Norborne, Commercial and Norborne, each 
$2.00 per day; Hale, Fox Hotel, $1.00 per day; 
DeWitt, Guilitte, $2.00 per day; Bosworth, Shaffer, 
$1.00 per day. Consul: Carrollton, A. R. Brock- 
smith. Repair shop, Carrollton, L. Temple. 

CARTER. 

In southeast part of the State, north of Ripley 
County. Like the majority of counties in this sec- 
tion, its roads are few in number and poor in quality. 
All streams unbridged. Alex. Carter kindly reports* 
Van Buren east to Mill Springs, 24 miles, good dirt 



96 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

road, fairly level; 14 miles further to Greenville, 
Wayne County. This road extends west through 
the county via McDonald, Peggy P. O., 12 miles 
west of Van Buren, to Springfield, Greene County, 
130 miles, and is dirt, rock and gravel. Van Buren 
to Alton, Oregon County, 40 miles southwest and 
rather hilly; crosses Eleven Points River. Mill 
Spring, Wayne County, southwest to Grandin, 22 
miles, rough and rocky. Old State road passes 
through the eastern part of county from north to 
south, but strikes no town; runs to Doniphan; is 
dirt and clay. Van Buren southeast to Poplar 
Bluff, 40 miles, rough, rocky and hilly. Van Buren 
south to Doniphan, Ripley County, 35 miles, and to 
Pocahontas, Ark., 65 miles rough and rocky, some 
gravel; crosses two good sized creeks, no bridges. 
Van Buren north through Reynolds County to Iron- 
ton, Iron County, 55 miles. Van Buren northwest 
to Eminence, Shannon County, 30 miles. 

Hotels: Van Buren, Palace Hotel, $1 per day; 
Grandin, Grandin Hotel, $2 per day. 

CASS. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

On western boundary, south of Kansas City, and 
like all counties on western border has fine dirt 
roads which afford good wheeling, and dry scon 
after a rain. The County Clerk kindly reports: 
Kansas City south to Belton, 2Q% miles ; via Troost 
Avenue road, hilly but fair. Harrisonville north to 
Lee's Summit, Jackson County, 20 miles, dirt road, 
streams bridged. Harrisonville north to Pleasant 
Hill, 12 miles, smooth prairie. Harrisonville east 
to East Lynne, 6 miles, smooth prairie. Harrison- 
ville south to Austin, 12 miles, and 3 miles further 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 97 

to county line ; about half rough and timbered, bal- 
ance smooth prairie. This road continues to Butler, 
Bates County, 15 miles south of county line. Har- 
risonville west to Freeman, 10 miles, timber but 
most of it good. Harrisonville northwest to Cole- 
man, 8 miles; Raymore, 13 miles; Belton, 18 miles; 
smooth prairie. Harrisonville southwest through 
the county to Dana, Bates County, 22 miles, dirt 
roads, small streams partly bridged. New Santa 
Fe, Jackson County, south through Cass County 
(western part) to Plain Grove, 17 miles, dirt, two 
streams bridged, some gullies not bridged. Pleas- 
ant Hill east. to Strasburg, 7 miles; Kingville, 
Johnson County, 12 miles; Holden, 17 miles; 
Centerview, 22 miles; Warrensburg, 30 miles; 
Montserrat, about 40 miles, and reported good 
prairie all the way. This is on the route to St. 
Louis. Pleasant Hill to Kansas City, 35 miles; via 
Lee's Summit, 11 miles, and Independence, 27 
miles. Harrisonville southeast to Cove Creek, 20 
miles; Mayersburg, 22 miles, dirt roads, small 
streams partly bridged. All streams on public 
roads are bridged. All of above can be ridden by 
bicyclers in dry weather. 

CEDAR. 

Lies in southwest part of State, east of Barton 
and Vernon Counties. T. N. Woodruff, County 
Clerk, kindly reports : There is not a road in the 
county but that is more or less rough, and all of the 
important streams are bridged. Stockton, county 
seat, northwest to Eldorado Springs, 20 miles, rough 
dirt road. Stockton east to Fairplay, Polk county, 
13 miles, moderately rough, continues to Bolivar, 
10 miles further. Stockton southwest to Lamar, 



98 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

Barton County, 32 miles; via Jerico, 17 miles, and 
Milford, 20 miles; rough to Milford, balance fair 
rolling dirt road. Stockton northeast to Hurhans- 
ville, Polk County, 17 miles. Stockton south to 
Greenfield, Dade County, 25 miles, good, but some 
bad hills. Stockton west to Nevada, Vernon 
County, 35 miles. Park and "Lithia Springs" at 
"Jerico," and also at Eldorado. 

Hotels: Stockton, Tennessee Hotel and Davis 
House; Jerico, two hotels; Eldorado Springs, five 
or six hotels. Consul: Eldorado Springs, N. C. 
Rigg. 

CHARITON. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

Centrally located; bounded on the south by Mis- 
souri River, and on the west by Grand River. 
C. C. Hammond kindly reports: The county is 
thickly settled and all roads run on section lines. 
The. roads throughout the county are dirt and get 
muddy even after a slight rain, making it bad for 
cycles for a day or two. The roads are worked 
every year, about August, with plows and scrapers, 
and are left in fairly smooth condition. All streams 
in the county are bridged. Keytesville to Salis- 
bury, 8 miles east, last four miles rolling prairie, 
balance through timber, level roads, well worked. 
This road continues to Huntsville, 18 miles further, 
and Moberly, 25 miles; good surface, two steep 
hills 3 miles this side of Huntsville. Keytesville 
southwest to Dalton, 4 miles, good, but hilly; Dal- 
ton west to Brunswick, 8 miles, level and good; to 
De Witt, Carroll County, 1G miles, level and fair; 
road continues to Carrollton, 20 miles farther; good, 
but hilly; rope ferry over Grand River at Brims- 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 99 

wick. Brunswick northwest to Triplett, 7 miles, 
somewhat hilly, good; to Cunningham, 17 miles, 
level, good; to Laclede, Linn County, 25 miles, 
fair. Keytesville south to Glasgow, Howard County, 
18 miles, fairly level and good. Keytesville to 
Brookfield, Linn County, 38 miles; via Rothville, 
20 miles; fairly good rolling prairie. Salisbury 
north to Bynumville, 13 miles, rolling prairie except 
3 miles in Chariton bottom, which is bad; to Wien, 
6 ' miles, rough, hilly ; to New Cambria, Macon 
County, 12 miles, hilly. Salisbury south to Shan- 
nondale, 7 miles, rolling prairie ; to Glasgow, V(% 
miles; first 5 miles somewhat hilly, balance level 
bottom. Salisbury north to Prairie Hill, 8 miles, 
rolling prairie. Salisbury east to Huntsville, Ran- 
dolph County, 14 miles, bottom and prairie, few 
hills. Keytesville north to Westville, 16 miles, 
hilly; to Bucklin, 27 miles, hilly. There is also a 
road from Brunswick northeast to Bucklin, about 30' 
miles. Brunswick northeast to Brookfield, Linn 
County, 30 miles. Rothville northeast to Bucklin, 
14 miles. Brunswick north to Mendon, 15 miles ; 
thence to Laclede, Linn County, 10 miles further. 
Bynumville northwest to Bucklin, 13 miles. Men- 
don southwest to Grand River, 9 miles. Mendon 
north to Brookfield, 12 miles. From Brunswick, 
Salisbury or Keytesville north, roads are fine. 

Hotels : Salisbury, Dickson House ; Brunswick, 
Brown House, $2 per day, meals 50 cents, lodging 
50 cents. 

CHRISTIAN. 

In Southwest Missouri. R. N. Gray kindly 
reports: A pike, part dirt and rock, extends 17 
miles northwest from Ozark to Springfield, parts of 



100 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

which are hilly ; streams are bridged, and road at 
best is very good wheeling. A road extends from 
the Arkansas line north to Reno, 31 miles; via 
Kerbyville, 10 miles: Hensby's ferry at White 
River and Walnut Shade, 22 miles. Reno north to 
Highlandville. 9 miles, and Ozark, 19 miles. 
Bridges at Finley and James Rivers. Billings 
northeast to Republic, Greene County, 10 miles, fair 
dirt road. Billings southwest to Marionville. Law- 
rence County, 7 miles, good road. Ozark east to 
Sparta, good road, 8 miles. Sparta north to Kenton, 
excellent road, 6 miles; thence to Galloway, Greene 
County, 14 miles, and 6 miles further to Springfield; 
good dirt road. Ozark to Billings. 20 miles; to 
Marionville, 27 miles. Sparta south to Isabella, 
Ozark County, not very good roads, no bridges. 
Ozark to Marshfield, good, about 40 miles. Ozark 
to Forsythe, Taney County, 35 miles, very good; 
streams unbridged, but small. 

Hotels: Ozark, Taylor House, L. A. W., $1 per 
day, meals 25 cents, lodging 25 cents; Billings, 
Central Hotel, L. A. W., $1 per day. meals and 
lodging, 25 cents; Sparta has one good hotel. x\t 
Ozark you will find the "Ozark Cycle Club." 
Consuls; Ozark, R. N. Gray; Billings, Ward 
Combs. 

CLARK, 

Situated in extreme northeast corner. Kahoka is 
the county seat and has several roads radiating 
from it. The roads are all dirt and somewhat hilly. 
and in dry seasons afford very good wheeling. 
Streams are bridged. John R. Sansom reports: 
Kakoka northeast to Peakesville, 8 miles, good; to 
Farmington, Iowa, 20 miles, level and good. 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 101 

Kahoka west to Luray, 10 miles, level; 15 miles 
further to Memphis, Scotland County. Kahoka 
southwest to Fairmont, 15 miles, part level, part 
hilly, generally good. Kahoka south to Enterprise, 
6 miles, level. Kahoka, southeast to Winchester, 
12 miles, level, except two miles which is some- 
what hilly; southwest 17 miles further to Monti- 
cello, Lewis County. Kahoka east to Wayland, 9 
miles, smooth ; south to Winchester, 10 miles fur- 
ther, 6 miles level and 4 miles up grade ; and north 
from Wayland, 5 miles; to St. Francisville on Des 
Moines River, good road; thence northwest to 
Peakesville, 7 miles, good, but some grades. St. 
Francisville southeast to Alexandria, on Mississippi 
River, 7 miles, 3 of them walking through sand. 
Fairmont east to Winchester, 17 miles; to Greg- 
ory's Landing southeast, 24 miles (on Mississippi 
River) ; thence good road northeast to Alexandria, 
10 miles. Luray northeast to Chambersburg, 8 
miles; thence northwest to Acasto, 8 miles, or 
north and east from Chambersville to Athens, on 
Des Moines River, 10 miles. _ Athens northwest to 
Acasto, 10 miles; not very smooth. 

Hotel: Kahoka, Commercial Hotel, $2 per day. 
Consul: Kahoka, A. G. Trump. 

CLAY. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

North of Missouri River, near Kansas City. The 
county has a number of good roads, all of which 
have some hills and are prairie, clay and black loam. 
C. L. Leitch kindly reports: Kansas City, river 
crossing, railroad bridge or ferry, to Liberty, 12^ 
miles; via Harlan, Birmingham to Minnieville, 9 
miles sandy, balance clay and very hilly. Liberty 



102 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

northeast to Excelsior Springs, 14)^ miles ; to Law- 
son, Ray County, 20 miles, hilly and fair clay road. 
Liberty north to Plattsburg, Clinton County, 25 
miles ; via Paradise, 13 miles, hilly until within 12 
miles of Plattsburg. Liberty northwest to Sinith- 
ville, 15^ miles. Liberty north to Kearney, 10 
miles, and 6 miles further to county line. Liberty 
north to Holt, 15 miles. Liberty east to Missouri 
City, 8 miles ; continues to Richmond, Ray County, 
16 miles further. Liberty southwest to Parkville, 
Platte County, 15 miles. Liberty south 4 miles to 
Missouri River, and 9 miles further to Independ- 
ence. Liberty to Platte City, 21 miles; via Barry, 9 
miles. All of above roads follow the general 
description given to the county, and are fair in dry 
weather. 

Hotels : Excelsior Springs, Elms Hotel, $3 per day ; 
Liberty, Arthur House, L. A. W., $2 per day, meals 
50 cents; Smithville, Peddicord House; Kearney, 
Easton House; each $1 per day. 

CLINTON. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

Northwest part of the State, east of Buchanan 
County. F. Marshall Riley (proprietor Riley's drug 
store on South Main St.) reports its dirt roads as 
being of hard, rolling surface, ridable even in the 
winter, and six hours after a rain. Most of the 
roads are good, well worked, streams bridged. 
Plattsburg east to Lathrop, 7 miles, good, with the 
exception of two or three hills ; continues to Con- 
verse, 13 miles, prairie and rolling; Lawson, Ray 
County, 19 miles, all excellent, and Richmond, 40 
miles, through coal mining country; or northeast 
from Lathrop to Kingston, 15 miles, good. . Platts- 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 103 

burg northeast to Cameron, 20 miles, via Turney; 
good, excepting a few miles rocky and hilly out of 
Plattsburg; to Gallatin, Daviess County, 40 miles, 
dirt road. Plattsburg north to Perrin, 8 miles, iio 
hills; to Cameron, 22 miles, all good; Perrin to 
Osborn, 10 miles, good prairie road. Plattsburg 
west to Cower, 10 miles, 4 miles good and level, 
balance rough and hilly; thence west to St. Joseph, 
30 miles, hilly. There also seems to be a road from 
Plattsburg direct west into Buchanan County, and 
another southwest via Grayson, 8 miles, into 
Buchanan County. Both of these roads appear to 
run into the Platte City to St. Joseph road at about 
25 and 20 miles respectively. Plattsburg to St. 
Joseph, via Stewartsville, 38 miles, good except a 
few miles near St. Joseph, which are rough and 
hilly. Plattsburg southeast to Holt, 8 miles, thence 
to Kearney, good, except a few hills near Holt, One 
creek, no bridge, can be forded. Plattsburg south 
to Liberty, 25 miles, good and level for 12 miles, 
balance hilly. Plattsburg northwest to Savannah, 
Andrew County, 40 miles, fair; via Stewartsville, 
15 miles. Plattsburg north to Maysville, DeKalb 
County, 25 miles, good all the way ; via Osborii, 20 
miles. Plattsburg northwest to St. Joseph, 30'miles; 
about 8 miles out turns west and runs northwest 
and then west. Lathrop south to Holt, good, but 
hilly near Holt; Lathrop north to Turney, 7 miles 
and thence to Cameron 16 miles, excellent prairie 
road, level until near Cameron, when it gets 
slightly rolling; Cameron to Stewartsville, DeKalb 
County, via Osborn, 7 miles, total 13 miles ; good 
dirt road, level excepting about 1 mile near Grind- 
stone Creek. Cameron south to Converse, 20 miles. 
Cameron to Hamilton, Caldwell County, 16 miles, 



104 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

dirt road, level, except about 3 miles east of Cam- 
eron. Cameron to Maysville, DeKalb County, 16 
miles, hilly for 3 miles, dirt roads. Grayson to 
Smithville, 20 miles; also continues to Edgerton 
ami Platte City, good. 

Hotel: Cameron, Cameron House, L. A. W., $1.50 
per day; meals or lodging, 40 cents. Repair shop: 
Cameron, Burr's Hardware House (light repairs 
only). Hotel: Plattsburg, Laclede, L. A, W., 
$1.35 per day; meals 35 cents. Light repairs can 
be attended to by John Booth. Consuls: Cameron, 
J. C.Reidy; Plattsburg, F. Marshall Riley. Win- 
chester, W. L. Jenkins. 

COLE. 

Near the center of State. Contains the State 
Capital and a number of poor roads. T. G. Burk- 
hardt kindly reports: In the last two years our 
roads have been much improved, the St. Louis road 
was graded.and graveled for two miles east of town 
last fall, and the road west of town to California for 
5 miles. Jefferson City is very bluffy, but the streets 
are macadamized. Jefferson City west to Center- 
town, 15 miles ; continues to California, 25 miles, 
hilly for 5 miles, balance gravel road, bad. Jeffer- 
son City north to Fulton, 25 miles, rough and hilly. 
Jefferson City east 20 miles to Linn, via Taos, 7 
miles, stony and sandy clay. Jefferson City east to 
Osage City, 10 miles, very rough and good for hard 
walking up hills. Jefferson City southeast to 
Westphalia, Osage County, 17 miles; via Castle 
Rock, 8 miles, ridable at all times all the way. 
This road is gravel for 3^ miles out of Jefferson 
City to Berry's Bridge, on the Moreau River. Jef- 
ferson City northwest to Marion, 12 miles, good 



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level road ; continues to Boonville, 50 -miles, f air 
road. Jefferson City southwest to Versailles, 40 
miles; via Russellville, 16 miles. Jefferson City 
southwest to Tuscmnbia, 30 miles ; via Brazito, 10 
miles. Jefferson City southwest to Aurora Springs, 
30 miles. Jefferson City south to Woodville, Osage 
County, 11 miles; to St. Thomas, 17 miles; south- 
west to Teal, total 19 miles;. Centertown north 6 
miles, and east 2 miles to Marion. From Jefferson 
City to Columbia is 3 hours' ride, crossing the Mis- 
souri River at Claysville. 

Hotel: At Jefferson City, City Hotel, L. A. W. 
$2.00 per day, meals and lodging 50 cents. Consul: 
Jefferson City, T. G. Burkhardt. 

COOPER 

Center of State, south of Missouri River. H. W. 
Brewster kindly reports: Boonville is the county 
seat and has a number of riders. Clarksville to 
Sedalia route passes from Rocheport, west 12 miles 
to Boonville, hilly dirt road; Boonville southwest 
to Petersburg, 8 miles, fair dirt road ; thence 24 
■miles west to Sedalia. Kansas City to St. Louis 
route from Sedalia east through Smithton ; to Otter- 
ville, 7 miles; to Tipton, 21 miles; prairie road, 
follow poles. Boonville southeast to Jefferson 
City, 67 miles; via Clark's Fork, 11 miles; Roche- 
port and Marion, varying from hilly and rough sur- 
face to level pike. [Rocheport to Marion, 24 miles.] 
Another and better route, Boonville to Jefferson 
City, 50 miles; via Overton, 10 miles; Mt. Vernon, 
19 miles; Marion, 35 miles; varies from poor to 
good, hilly to level, Marion to Jefferson City being 
16- miles level and good. Still another route runs 
from Boonville southeast to Clark's Fork, 11 miles;. 



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Prairie Home, 16 miles; Jamestown, Moniteau 
County, 23 miles; and to Marion road, 27 miles; 
and to Marion, 34 miles; Jefferson City, 52 miles. 
Boonville northwest to Arrow Rock, 12 miles, sandy 
level road; cross ferry at Boonville. Boonville 
southwest to Blaekwater, 15 miles, and Ridge 
Prairie, Saline County, 19 miles. Boonville west to 
La Mine, 12 miles, bridge over La Mine River, 10 
miles. Boonville south to Lone Elm, 12 miles; 
Tipton, 24 miles. Boonville southwest to Bell Air, 
13 miles; Otterville, 28 miles. Boonville southwest 
to Pleasant Green, 20 miles; to Otterville, 37 miles. 
Bell Air southeast to Pisgah, 12 miles ; California, 
25 miles. Bell Air southeast to Tipton, Moniteau 
County, 17 miles. Bell Air south to Syracuse, 
Morgan county, 13 miles. 

Hotels: Boonville, Commercial Hotel, L. A. W. 
$2.00 per day, meals and lodging 50 cents. Arrow 
Rock has a good hotel. Consul: Boonville, W. L. 
Ferris. 

CRAWFORD 

In the Ozark country, south of Franklin County. 
Notable for hilly dirt roads and lack of bridges. 
U. S. Wright, the County Surveyor, kindly reports: 
Steelville southeast to Berry man, 16 miles, and 18 
miles to Potosi, Washington County, fair road but 
wet fording. Steelville northwest to Cuba, 8 miles, 
Meramec to cross, no bridge, hilly; to Jake's 
Prairie, northwest 18 miles, one creek to cross, 
road not very good; to Oak Hill, northeast 26 miles, 
good road, and 20 miles further north to Drake, 
Gasconade County, fair road. Steelville northeast 
to Leasburg, on St. L. & S. F. Railroad, 12 miles. 
Steelville south to Salem, Dent County, 30 miles ; 
via Sligo, 12 miles, and Cook's Station, 14 miles, 



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both on S. & A. Railroad. Berryman northwest to 
Leasburg, 18 miles; Cuba northeast to Bourbon, 13 
miles, and 6 miles further to county line ; 20 miles 
additional to Union, Franklin County. Cuba is on 
the Springfield State road. Steelville west toMera- 
mee, Phelps County, 11 miles. Steelville southeast 
to county line, 22 miles; Ada Cherryville, 11 miles; 
Dry Creek, 13 miles; Dillard, 20 miles. Berryman 
southwest to Sligo Furnace, Dent County, 24 miles ; 
via Cherryville, 13 miles. "When ground is wet, 
roads are all bad; when dry, all are good save the 
hills. The nature of our roads is the "famous red 
clay." 

Hotels: Cuba, Maclay House and Cuba Hotel; 
Steelville, Bass Hotel. Usual rates. 

DADE. 

In southwest part of State. Important streams 
are all bridged, and at others fords are shallow, 
and good wheeling is found in places. County 
Clerk kindly reports : Greenfield west to Lock- 
wood, 9 miles, good level dirt road ; to Golden City, 
Barton County, 17 miles, as good a road as is found 
in Southwest Missouri,; 13 miles further to Lamar, 
good road. Greenfield- southwest to King Point, 
9 miles, and 35 miles to Carthage, Jasper County. 
Greenfield south to Mt. Vernon, Lawrence County, 
25 miles, hilly to Ozark Prairie, balance level. 
Greenfield north to Areola, 12 miles, good, but 
some bad hills ; to Stockton, Cedar County, 13 miles 
further. Greenfield northeast to Dadeville, 13 
miles, rocky and a few stretches of good road; con- 
tinues to Bolivar, Polk County, 18 miles further. 
A rocky dirt road runs from Greenfield southeast 
via Everton, 12 miles; Emmet, 15 miles; Ash Grove, 



108 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

22 miles; Xichol's Junction. 41 miles: to Spring- 
field. 45 miles. Four or five streams, no bridges, 
two-thirds hilly, balance level, good wheeling in 
dry weather. Areola northwest to Bolivar and 
Nevada road, 20 miles, crossing Lamar to Stockton 
road at 10 miles. Dadeville south via Everton, 12 
miles; to county line, 15 miles. King's Point 
northwest via Lockwood, 5 miles. Sylvania, 12 
miles to county line and Lamar to Stockton road, 
22 miles; to Monte Vallo, Vernon County, 36 miles. 
King's Point southeast to Springfield. 40 miles; via 
Xewkirk, 9 miles. King's Point northwest to 
Lamar, Barton County, 25 miles. King's Point 
southwest to Red Oak, Lawrence County, 10 miles. 
Hotels: Greenfield, Washington Hotel, $2 per 
day; Delmonico, $1.50 per day; Everton, Steven- 
son House, $1 per day; Lockwood, City Hotel: 
Dadeville, Hotel Clopton. 

DALLAS 

Southwest of center. A poor hilly clay road 
from Buffalo east to Lebanon, Laclede County, 3ft 
miles; River Mingay and Greasy Creek to cross, 
but no bridges. Buffalo west to Half Way, 1ft 
miles; thence to Bolivar. Polk County, 20 miles; 
first 10 miles good, balance slightly rough, creek 
bridged. Buffalo northeast to Linn Creek, Camden 
County, 60 miles; first 18 miles, good level road, 
balance hilly and no bridges. Buffalo northwest to 
Hermitage, 30 miles; via Louisburg, 10 miles, fair 
road. Buffalo west to county line. 5 miles, good 
level road. Buffalo southeast to Marshfield, Web- 
ster County, 30 miles; via Spring Grove, Smiles; 
Charity, 10 miles, hilly but smooth. Buffalo south- 
west to Springfield, 35 miles; via Greasy, 9 miles. 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 109 

fair road. Buffalo southwest to Pleasant Hope, 
Polk County, 18 miles. Buffalo southeast to Phil- 
lipsburg, on St. L., A. T. & S. Railroad, 20 miles; 
via Long Lane, 12 miles. Buffalo southeast to 
Conway, 20 miles, good road; crosses Niangua and 
Greasy Creeks, no bridges. 

Hotel: Falkner House, rates reasonable. 

DAVIESS. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

The County Clerk kindly reports that the eounty 
lies east of De Kaib County, in northwest part of 
State. Roads are rolling, of black loam, and run 
through prairie country for the most part; streams 
are all bridged. Gallatin northeast to Bancroft, 20 
miles. Gallatin northeast to Jamesport, on Chicago, 
R. I. & P. Railroad, 10 miles, good, but hilly; to 
Trenton, Grundy County, 15 miles further, rough. 
Gallatin northwest to Jameson, 10 miles, good, 
slightly hilly; via Coffeesbury, 8 miles; or from 
Jameson to Pattonsburg, 10 miles northwest, fair 
and rolling; continues to Albany, Gentry County, 
20 miles further, fair road, somewhat rough. 
Gallatin southeast to Jackson, 10 miles, and to 
Lock Springs, 13 miles, good with but few hills ; 
road continues to Chillieothe, 31 miles. Gallatin 
southwest to Winston, 12 miles level and good, and 
to Cameron, Clinton County, 13 miles further, and 
Plattsburg, total 40 miles, good except few hills 
near Plattsburg. Gallatin west to Maysville, De 
Kalb County, 30 miles; via Alta Vista, 13 miles, 
and Wetkerby, 16 miles, roads fair. Gallatin south- 
west t« Hamilton, Caldwell County, 18 miles, road 
good ; to Kingston, 8 miles further. GallatnTsouth- 
east to Chillieothe, 35 miles; via Breckenridge, 



110 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

Caldwell County, 16 miles ; Mooresville, Livingston 
County, 20 miles; Utica, 28 miles, roads poor most 
of the way. Gallatin west 6 miles and north 6 
miles to Civil Bend ; 6 miles further to Pattonsburg. 
Creeks are all bridged; roads are good about 1st of 
July until December. 

Hotels: Gallatin, Windsor Hotel, $2 per day: 
Jamesport, Commercial Hotel; Jameson, Jameson 
Hotel ; Salem and Bancroft, one hotel each ; Pat- 
tonsburg, Palace Hotel; Winston, Winston Hotel, 
all $1 per day. Hamilton, Hotel De Porter, $2 per 
day. Consul, Winston, E. D. Trumbo. 

DE KALB. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

Northwest Missouri. Silas Riggs, County Clerk, 
kindly reports : Its towns are mostly tributary to 
St. Joseph. The roads in the central portion are 
unreported, but supposed to be good black gumbo 
of rolling surface. From St. Joseph to Union Star, 
in the northwest corner, 30 miles of hilly mixed 
road, good. The St. Joseph to Cameron road, 35 
miles, passes through the southern part of county, 
via Stewartsville, 20 miles, and Osborne, 30 miles, 
rolling and fine. Maysville south to Plattsburg, 
Clinton County, 25 miles, via Osborne, 11 miles, 
level and good. Maysville north to Fairport, 9 
miles; Albany, Gentry County, 30 miles, rough and 
hilly. Maysville east to Gallatin, 25 miles; via 
Weatherby, 8 miles, hilly, rocky, bad for bicycle. 
Maysville southeast to Cameron, 16 miles, good. 
Maysville southwest to Stewartsville, 18 miles, fair, 
hilly. Maysville northwest to Union Star, 18 miles, 
fair, rather rough. Maysville northwest to Wins- 
low, 12 miles, fair. Maysville west to Haydenville 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. Ill 

9 miles; Boxford, 15 miles; to Cosby, Andrew- 
County, 21 miles, very good, generally level. Mays- 
ville west to Amity, 6 miles; southwest to CI arks - 
dale, 14 miles; Bayfield, 17 miles; to St. Joseph, 
14 miles more, good road. 

Hotel: Maysville, Lytle House. 

DENT. 

Lies southwest from the famous Jefferson County, 
just south of Crawford, and west of Iron and Rey- 
nolds Counties, and is traversed by the Ozarks. 
Salem is the county seat, and from it radiate 
numerous long roads. The County Clerk kindly 
reports: Salem northwest to Rolla, 27 miles; via 
Taladego, 12 iniles; Lake Springs, 17 miles, road 
composed of some rocks, gullies and unbridged 
creeks. There is also a road southwest from Lake 
Springs to Houston, Texas County, about 35 miles ; 
via Taladego and Licking, 21 miles. Salem to 
Houston^ southwest, 35 miles ; same kind of road, 
but fair to Licking, 24 miles. Centerville southeast 
from Salem, 50 miles; 25 miles up Black River 
valley, then on the ridge, very rocky, creeks plenti- 
ful (better bring a boat). Salem south to Emin- 
ence, 50 miles, same kind of road, via Grladen, 12 
miles; hard to get there on wheels, but Madison- 
County wheelmen have ridden and enjoyed them. 
Salem northwest to St. James, Phelps County, 30 
miles, fair roads. Salem west 22 miles to Edgar 
Springs, hilly and rocky ; continues north to Rolla, 
20 miles, fair dirt road, creeks not bridged. Salem 
south, 38 miles, to Summerville, Texas County, 
rock and dirt road. Salem west to Victor, 12 miles, 
good road. Salem northeast to Sligo Furnace, 15 
miles; Cherryville, 24 miles; Steelville, 34 miles,. 



112 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

good in dry weather. Salem north to Condray 
(railroad name Avery) 10 miles, rough; northeast 
to Steelville, 28 miles. Salem south to Jadwin, 12 
miles, good road; to Riverside, 6 miles further. 
Salem east to Barney, 18 miles, and to county line, 
23 miles. 

Hotel: Salem, Salem- Hotel, rates $1.50 to $2 
per day. 

DOUGLAS 

Lies near the Arkansas border and north of 
Ozark County. County Clerk kindly reports: The 
roads are all dirt, and worked but little, which 
makes them very poor. The greatest trouble in 
traveling is the hills, there being so many that it is 
up and down all the time. Numerous small streams 
and no bridges. There is not a more picturesque 
county in the United States than Douglas, provided 
you view it on foot, but on a wheel never, for there 
is not a road in the county fit for the purpose. All 
the cooks are women, chew tobacco and smoke — 
nothing when you get used to it. Ava southeast to 
Vera Cruz, 10 miles ; east to Cold Springs, 23 miles, 
and northeast to Ottomer, 15 miles more ; to Cabool, 
Texas County, 25 miles, on K. C, Springfield & 
Memphis R. R. Ava west to Arno, 6 miles; north- 
west to Arden, 12 miles, and to Dogwood, 17 miles. 
Ava north to Mansfield, 13 miles. Ava southeast 
to Girdner, 7 miles. Ava northwest to Beaver, 8 
miles; to Dogwood, 14 miles. Ava southwest to 
Roy, 10 miles; to county line, 18 miles; to For- 
sythe, Taney County, 25 miles further. Arno 
southwest to Little Beaver, 8 miles; to Sparta, 
Ozark County, 20 miles. Vera Cruz northwest 15 
miles : and southeast about 15 miles to county line ; 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 113 

crosses creek about 100 times each way. Cold 
Springs north to Norwood, onK. C, S. & M. R. R., 
15 miles, and south 15 miles to county line ; creeks 
also along this road. Ottomer southwest to Buck- 
hart, 14 miles; to county line, 22 miles. This road, 
and also roads south from Cold Springs and Vera 
Cruz, unite near county line and continue south to 
Gainesville, Ozark County, about 20 miles below 
county line. These roads are all given for what 
they may be worth, the above description supposa- 
bly applying to them all. Perhaps, like the Dent 
County roads, they are bad, but "Madison County 
wheelmen can get there anyhow. " As county is 
very picturesque, have described roads fully, think- 
ing perhaps some venturesome wheelman might try 
them to view the scenery, and hope, if he does, he 
will report their exact condition to headquarters of 
Missouri Division. 

Hotels are scarce, there being only two or three 
in the county, at which the fare is tolerably good, 
and plenty, such as it is, at about $1 to $L.50 per 
day. 

DINKLIN. 

In southeast part of State, parts of which are 
swampy. The County Clerk kindly reports that 
there are good roads, and streams bridged. Maiden 
north to Bloomfield, Stoddard County, 24 miles. 
Maiden south to Clarkton, 7 miles; to Kennett, 24 
miles; Vincit, 29j^ miles; Cotton Plant, 36 miles; 
Hornersville, 41 miles, and 3 miles further to 
county line. Campbell, on St. L., Ark. & Tex. 
R. R., 6 miles east to Clarkton. Clarkton east to 
Portageville, 20 miles. A road leaves the south 
county line 6_[miles west of Hornersville, north to 



114 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

Lulu, 6 miles; Seneth, 12 miles. Don't think it 
connects across the marsh, but Vincit is about 8 
miles east. Condition of last two roads not bad. 

Hotels and good accommodations at each place, 
except on last two mentioned roads. 

FRANKLIN. 

West of Jefferson and St. rTouis Counties. The 
county is connected with St. Louis by the Man- 
chester pike, and roads have all been lately im- 
proved. The Franklin County line run is frequently 
taken by St. Louis wheelmen ; distance, 34 miles. 
The County Clerk kindly reports: St. Louis County 
line to Union, 20 miles ; Union to Washington road, 
10 miles, and Port Hudson, 18 miles; all good, 
macadamized rock roads, with good side roads in 
summer. Franklin (Pacific), near county line, to 
Washington, 20 miles, hilly dirt road, but ridable. 
In going from the county line the Manchester road 
is fair 4J^ miles west to Gray' s Summit, then con- 
tinues via Labadie, about 10 miles, and South Point, 
18 miles, to Washington, about 21 miles; New 
Haven, 33 miles; Etlah, 37 miles; Berger, 42 miles, 
and Hermann, Gasconade County, 48 miles. Hugh 
J. High rode through Drake, Gasconade County, 
east to Union, about 26 miles, clay, and 14 miles 
further to Gray's Summit; side road in summer 
rather rough and hilly. Gray' s Summit southwest 
8 miles to Mt. Halleck's Store (Bengal P. O.). A 
rough road connects Manchester road and Pacific, 
running about parallel with Franklin County line, 5 
miles. -Another road further west makes same con- 
nection, seems longer, about 6 miles, presumably 
also rough. The condition is not definitely known 
of any of the roads mentioned below, but as the 



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County Surveyor reports all the roads greatly im- 
proved, we suppose they are, most of them, ridable 
in dry weather, especially by "De Soto riders." 
Union west 2 miles, then south to Stanton, 13 miles. 
Union west about 4^ miles southwest to Spring Bluff, 
17 miles ; to county line southwest, 8 miles more. 
Spring Bluff southeast to Sullivan, on St.L. & S. F. R. 
R., 7 miles. Pacific southwest toCatawissa, 6 miles; 
Robertsville, 9 miles ; Calvy, 14 miles, and south to 
county line, 26 miles. Two roads run south from 
Union and meet at St. Clair, on St. L. & S. F. R. R., 
about 8 miles. Continue southeast to Richwood, 
Washington County, about 22 miles. Port Hudson 
northeast to Kiel, 2 miles; Boef Creek, 5 miles; 
New Haven, 9 miles. Port Hudson south to Drake 
Route, 4 miles. New Haven southwest to Drake, 
20 miles. New Haven southwest to Stony Hill, 
Gasconade County, 9 miles. 
Hotel at Union, $1.50 per day. 

GASCONADE. 

West of Franklin. High's trip led through this 
county from Linn, Osage County, east to Drake, 25 
miles, sandy, hilly clay; thence east to Union, 
Franklin County, 51 miles, "old State road," fair 
condition, mostly level. County Clerk reports: 
"Iron Road," Hermann to south end of county, 
mostly macadam to Drake, 20 miles (via Swiss 13 
miles) ; to county line, 45 miles ; via Owensville, 15 
miles, and Bern, 21 miles, mostly level, fair condi- 
tion; continues to Cuba, 12 miles more. "Spring- 
field Road," running east to west, clay road, Bour- 
bois to Cleavesville, 25 miles; via Owensville, 10 
miles. This road extends northeast to Port Hud- 
son, Franklin County, 15 miles from Bourbois, aad 



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southwest to St. Joseph, 45 miles : the first 30 miles 
rolling and fair, the last 15 rough and hilly. Stan- 
berry south to King City. 13 miles,, and to Mays- 
ville. 30 miles, roads fine, slightly rolling; loamy 
soil. Stanberry southeast to Darlington. 8 miles; 
to Gentry ville, 20 miles, roads fair, and Gallatin 48 
miles, rough most of the way. Stanberry northeast 
to Albany. 13 miles, hilly, but for most part good 
road ; east to Bethany, 30 miles, hilly and rolling. 
Stanberry north to Alanthus Grove. 7 miles : Oxford. 
Worth County. 18 miles; and northeast to Grant 
City. 12 miles more, roads fair. Stanberry west to 
Clyde. Xodaway County, 9 miles, roads fair. 
Albany north to Grant City, IS miles, fair rolling 
road. Albany northeast to Lone Star, broken 
roads, 9 miles: to Washington Center. Harrison 
County, 18 miles, good rolling roads. Albany south- 
east to Me Fall, hilly, fair* roads. 15 miles : to Galla- 
tin. 36 miles, rough most of the way. Albany north 
to Elenorah. 7 miles. Gentryvilie northeast to 
Bethany. 20 miles : via Newcastle. 7 miles. Gentry - 
ville north to Evona. rough and hilly. 5 miles: 
northeast to Xew Hampton. Mereer County. 17 
miles. Stanberry south to Island City, 6 miles; 
Douglass, 9 miles: and to Savannah, IS miles fur- 
ther, rough and hilly most of the way. 

Hotels: Stanberry, Wabash Hotel. L. A. W.. 
61.50 per day: meals or lodging, 10 cents. Albany. 
Albany House, 51.00 per day; meals, 25 cents. 
King City, Globe. $1.50 per day. Consuls. Albany, 
G. A. Howell: Stanberrv. W. B. Pistole. 



118 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 



GREENE. 

Contains Springfield, the principal city in South- 
west Missouri. Most of the roads in the county are 
composed of dirt and rock, varying from prairie to 
hilly, and in good weather as pleasant wheeling as 
one could desire; streams, however, are generally 
unbridged. J. E. Peltz kindly reports: There are 
a number of cyclists at Springfield, Ash Grove, 
Billings and Republic. Springfield south to Ozark, 
17 miles ; via Gallaway, 8 miles ; good rock for 7 
miles, balance dirt, good, streams bridged. Spring- 
field northwest to Bolivar, 35 miles, mixed road. 
Springfield west to Greenfield, 45 miles ; via Wil- 
lard, 10 miles; Phoenix, 18 miles. Springfield 
northeast to Marshfield, 25 miles; via Lyman, 5 
miles. Springfield southwest to Brookline, 10 
miles ; Republic, 14 miles, good prairie ; Billings, 20 
miles, fair ; Marionville, 26 miles, rough, few hills ; 
Aurora, 32 miles, part smooth, part hilly; Verona, 
37 miles, half hilly and rough, balance smooth; 
Monett, 45 miles, part rough and rocky, balance 
fair and level ; to Pierce City, 8 miles more, good 
oa d. Springfield southeast to Rogerville, 15 
miles, first 7 hilly and rocky, one stream unbridged, 
balance level and hard bottom. Springfield north- 
west to Ash Grove, 24 miles ; via Bois-de-Arc, 14 
miles, all good prairie road. Springfield northeast 
to Buffalo, 35 miles; via Hickory Barren, 8 miles; 
first 10 miles partially gravel, with patches of clay, 
streams unbridged,second ten miles rough and rocky, 
balance gravel. Springfield northwest to Dadeville, 
32 miles, first 10 miles level dirt road, balance 
broken; via Willard, 10 miles; Walnut Grove 20 
miles. Springfield west to Lawrenceburg, Law- 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 119 

rence County, 23 miles; via Nichols Junction, 3 
miles, level dirt road, good in dry weather, streams 
unbridged. Springfield north to Ebenezer, 10 
miles, 5 miles on Bolivar road, rough and hilly, 
streams unbridged, and northeast 5 miles; then 
north to Pleasant Hope, Polk County, 16 miles, 
good in dry weather. Springfield south to Gates, 7 
miles. Springfield northeast to Fair Grove, 16 
miles, part gravel, but somewhat rough. Ebenezer 
west to Cave Spring, 8 miles, gravel, hilly, streams 
unbridged; southeast to Willard, 13 miles, good 
road, no bridges. Republic south to the Billings 
and Ozark road, 5 miles, hilly and rough ; thence to 
James Eiver bridge, 10 miles, fair road; to Nixie, 
15 miles, good dirt road; to Ozark, 21 miles, very 
rough and hilly. Aurora to Honey Creek, 6 miles, 
prairie, part hilly, good dirt road, creek unbridged; 
to Mt. Vernon, 13 miles, timber, good dirt road. 

Hotels: Springfield, Metropolitan, L. A. W., 
$1.50 per day; meals or lodging, 40 cents each. 
Republic, Combo House, L. A. W., rate $1 per day; 
meals 25 cents each. Nichols Junction, Barclay 
House. Consul: Springfield, J. E. Peltz. 

GRUNDY. 

In northwest part of State, north of Livingston 
County. The County Clerk kindly reports that the 
roads leading west from Trenton are hilly and 
plenty of stone ; northeast and south no stone, but 
plenty of mud in spring. Roads generally good 
from July to November. The streams are generally 
bridged with good, substantial iron bridges. Tren- 
ton is the county seat, and roads radiate from it as 
follows : Trenton southeast to Alpha, 12 miles, fair. 
Trenton southeast to Laredo, 10 miles, fair. Tren- 



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ton east to Lindley, 12 miles, fair, and northeast 15 
miles further to Milan. Trenton northeast to Gait, 
12 miles, fair. Trenton north to Spiekardsville, 13 
miles, fair; via Tindall, 7 miles, good; 15 miles 
further to Princeton. Trenton northwest to Butts- 
ville, 12 miles, rough, and thence west 22. miles to 
Bethany. Trenton northwest to Grubbtown, 12 
miles, very rough. Trenton northwest to Shott, 7 
miles, rough. Trenton west to Edinburg, 5 miles, 
very rough. Trenton southwest to Hickory, 7 
miles, rough ; to Gallatin, 20 miles further, good but 
hilly. Trenton south to Farmersville, Livingston 
County, 15 miles, fair ; then to Chillieothe, 14 miles 
further, hilly. Buttsville east to Spiekardsville, 7 
miles. 

Hotels : In Trenton there are seven hotels, rang- 
ing from $1 to $2 per day, the Peery and Evans 
being the best. Laredo has a good hotel, kept by 
Ed Wallace. Lindley has none, but Thos. Dobbins 
takes care of travelers. Gait has one, kept by 
Lewis Marshall. Spiekardsville has two. None of 
the other towns has any. The price depends 
largely on the kind of house. Local Consul: B. J. 
MeGuire. 

HARRISON 

On the Iowa border, in northwest part of State. 
S. C. Price, Attorney at Law, and the County Clerk, 
kindly report: In the north part of the county 
there are plenty of fair roads; also some fair ones 
in other portions ; all dirt roads, and the surface of 
the county is rolling. Bethany northeast to Ridg- 
way, 12 miles ; Blythedale, 19 miles ; Andover, 30 
miles; moderately hilly and good. Bethany west, 
via New Hampton, 10 miles; Albany, Gentry 



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County, 24 miles, mostly rolling and a few hills ; 
streams bridged. Bethany southeast to Trenton, 
Grundy County, 35 miles, hilly and fair. Bethany 
southwest to Gentry ville, Gentry County, 20 miles. 
Bethany north to Loraine, 7 miles, and northwest 
to Brooklyn, 11 mites ; northeast to Eagleville, 18. 
miles, good and level, and 4 miles east to Blythe- 
dale, on the railroad, some hills. Bethany north- 
west to Washington Center, 16 miles. Bethany 
south to Mitehellville, 6 miles; Happy Valley, 12 
miles. Bethany east to Bolton, 12 miles. Bethany 
south to Salem, 14 miles, and to Jameson, on the 
railroad, 20 miles, rather hilly, some good stretches 
of road for wheelmen ; streams "bridged. Bethany 
southeast via Bancroft, 15 miles ; to Jamesport, 
Daviess County, on R. I. R. R., 25 miles; some hills 
out from Bethany first few miles, after that fine 
prairie road, good when dry ; no hills of any account ; 
streams bridged. Bethany southeast to Trenton, 
Grundy County, 35 miles; via Bancroft, same as 
above, 15 miles; after that rather hilly and rocky, 
but some good stretches of road; streams bridged. 
Bethany east to Mt. Moriah, 18 miles, some hills, 
but generally speaking a good road; thence north 
to Cainsville, 27 miles, level, largely on Grand 
River bottom, and fine when dry, no streams ; or, 
northeast from Mt. Moriah, 30 miles to Princeton. 
Bethany northwest to Martinsville, 12 miles, rather 
too hilly for wheelmen, but some good stretches of 
road. Mt. Moriah south to county line, 16 miles; 
continues to Gallatin, Daviess County, 18 miles 
further. 

Hotels: Bethany, Commercial and Poynter 
Houses, $2.00 per day. Cainsville, Clifton House.. 
Ridgway, City Hotel. Eagleville, Morrow House. 



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Blythedale, Center House. Also a hotel each at 
Mt. Moriah, New Hampton and Martinsville, all $1 
to $2 per day. 

HENRY. 

In central-western part of State, south of Johnson 
and east of Bates . The roads are generally level 
and fine prairie, except in southeast part, where it 
borders on the Ozarks. The roads in dry season 
afford splendid wheeling. W. Haysler kindly 
reports: Clinton north to Warrensburg, 32 miles, 
good and level. Clinton southwest to Nevada, GO 
miles ; via White Sulphur Springs, 1 mile, Montrose, 
14 miles, mostly good rolling prairie. Clinton 
northwest to Kansas City, 85 miles; roads good, 
with few hills for 60 miles, balance very rough; 
think it runs via Industry, 10 miles ; Urich, 13 
miles, and Harrisonville, 40 miles. Clinton north- 
east to Sedalia, 40 miles, via Lewis' Station, 8 
miles, good high prairie; to Calhoun, 12 miles, 
roeky and somewhat hilly ; to Windsor, 20 miles, 
rough, rocky and hilly, with patches of loose gravel. 
"Cheese-Rind Hill" is found here, it being noted 
for its terrors. Clinton southeast to Osceola, St . 
Clair County, 25 miles; good to Brownington, 12 
miles ; to Lowry City, 16 miles, hilly, good coasting; 
to Osceola, 25 miles, roads bad; good bridges over 
Grand River and Deep Water Creek. Clinton north 
to Quarles, 8 miles; Shawnee Mound, 13 miles. 
Clinton northwest to Huntingdale, 9 miles ; Peters- 
burg, 11 miles. Clinton southeast to Coalesburg, 
10 miles. Clinton south to Deep Water, 7 miles. 

Hotels: Clinton, Hotel Woods, L. A. W. $2 per 
day, meals and lodging 50 cents. Brownington, 
Peelor House. Osceola, Woodall House. Local 
Consul: Clinton, W. Haysler. 



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HICKORY. 

Near center of State, south of Pettis and Benton 
Counties. The roads are generally rough and hilly, 
and all streams are unbridged. The County Clerk 
kindly reports : Hermitage northeast to Cross Tim- 
bers, 10 miles, first 3 rough and hilly, balance high 
clay, ridge and prairie ; thence northwest 20 miles 
to Warsaw, Benton County, part rough, balance 
fair. Hermitage east to Preston, 7 miles, gravel, 
clay ridge and prairie; thence northeast 30 miles to 
Linn Creek. Hermitage west to Wheatland, 5 
miles, rough and hilly; to county line, 11 miles. 
Hermitage southeast to Pittsburg, 10 miles, rough 
and rocky. Hermitage northwest to Quincy, 12 
miles, rough road, high and dry ; thence north to 
Warsaw, Benton County, 20 miles, rough, or Quincy 
west to Osceola, St. Clair County, 14 miles, fair 
road, or Quincy south to Humansville, Polk County, 
18 miles, and northeast to Osceola, St. Clair County, 
very fine road. Hermitage southwest to Elkton, 12 
miles, 5 miles rough, balance prairie ; continues on 
to Bolivar, Polk County, 31 miles. Hermitage 
southwest to Weaubleau, 18 miles, first 15 miles 
prairie, balance rough; south to Humansville, 7 
miles further. Hermitage southeast to Urbana, 
Dallas County, 14 miles. Cross Timbers northwest 
to Mount View, 8 miles, 4 miles rough rock, balance 
prairie ; to Warsaw, 20 miles, rocky ridge road, 
some hills and gravel. Cross Timbers southeast to 
Preston, 6 miles, and southwest to Pittsburg, 15 
miles; continues to Bolivar, 18 miles further. 
Hermitage southeast to Buffalo, Dallas County, 30 
miles, fair road. 

Hotels: Hermitage, Wilson and Hartman 



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Houses; Cross Timbers, Williams Hotel and Dan- 
iells House ; Preston, one hotel ; Wheatland, Agee 
House. Quincy, L. Stillts ; Weaubleau, Wm. Fent- 
ress; Elkton, Wm. True. 

HOLT. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

Northwest Missouri. Oregon is the county seat, 
and is 25 miles northwest of St. Joseph, connected 
with St. Joseph roads via Andrew County. Oregon 
to Mound City northwest 12 miles. Mound City 
northeast to Maryville, via Mineral Springs and 
Maitland, 13 miles; Graham, Nodaway County, 16 
miles ; total 32^ miles of fine gumbo road, very 
hilly for first few miles, followed by rolling prairie ; 
road continues to Grant City, Worth County, 60 
miles. The County Clerk kindly reports: Oregon 
west to Forest City, 3 miles, good roads; north to- 
Mound City, 15 miles, good road; northwest to 
Craig, 25 miles, level road; Corning, 32 miles, and 
Rockport, Atchison County, 45 miles. The roads 
of the county as a whole are good dirt roads, and 
usually kept in repair. About all the streams 
are bridged. Oregon southeast to Forbes, 8 miles; 
to Nodaway, Andrew County, 14 miles. Oregon 
northeast to Fillmore, Andrew County, 12 miles,, 
and Savannah southeast, 10 miles further. Mound 
City northwest to Tarkio, 8 miles ; Mound City west 
to Bigelow, 3k 2 miles. Craig southwest to Missouri 
River, 6 miles, or direct west, 5 miles. Corning 
east to Maitland, 22 miles. 

Hotels: Oregon, The Lawn and Oregon House, 
each $2 per day. Forest City, Atlantic and National, 
each $2 per day. Mound City, Gladstone, $2 per 
day; Midland, L. A. W., $1.25 per day; meals and 
lodging, 35 cents. Craig, Riverside, $2. Maitland 



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lias two hotels, $1.50 and $2 per day. In addition to 
the above, all these towns have cheaper houses. 
Consul: Mound City, C. F. Hamsher. 

HOWARD. 

North of Missouri River, west of Boone County. 
E. R. Spotts, Attorney at Law, kindly reports: All 
our roads have been improved some since the last 
report. Franklin, on southern boundary, lies on 
the Kansas City to St. Louis route, i. e., Arrow 
Rock, Saline County, east to Franklin, 12 miles, 
level road, bad; to Rocheport, 24 miles, hilly and 
bad; to Columbia, 38 miles east, fine pike. Fayette 
northwest to Glasgow, on Missouri River, 12 miles, 
good dirt road, few hills. Glasgow northeast to 
Moberly, 33 miles, good dirt road, somewhat hilly. 
Fayette southeast to Rocheport, 14 miles, not very 
good, hilly. Fayette south to Boonville, 12 miles, 
good dirt road, hilly. Glasgow southwest to Mar- 
shal], 25 miles, via Gilliam, 10 miles, good, slightly 
hilly; ferry at Glasgow. Glasgow north to Keytes- 
ville, 18 miles, dirt road, only medium; level to 
hilly. Fayette northeast to Higbee, 15 miles. Fay- 
ette east to Sebree, 10 miles. Fayette northeast to 
Rocheport, 15 miles, via White's Store, 9 miles. 
Fayette southwest to Arrow Rock, 16 miles, via 
Boonsborough, 11 miles. Fayette northeast to 
Myers, 11 miles. Fayette northwest to Burton, 6 
miles; Russellville, 12 miles. Fayette southeast to 
Jackman Mill, 8 miles. Above seven roads all 
rough and hilly. Fayette northwest to Steinmetz, 
8 miles, level, smooth. Fayette north to Armstrong, 
12 miles ; Roanoke, 15 miles, good, level, smooth. 
Fayette southwest to Estill, 9 miles, level, smooth. 
All streams in the county are biidged. 



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Hotels: Higbee, Randolph House, $2 per day. 
Boonsborough, Neemer House . Burton, Daugherty 
House. Armstrong, Edings House, all $1 per day. 

HOWELL. 

On southern boundary, south of center. The 
County Clerk kindly reports: The county seat, 
West Plains, north to Rolla, Phelps County, 89 
miles; via Hutton Valley, 18 miles; Houston, 40 
miles ; Edgar Springs, 70 miles, varies from level to 
hilly. This is an old stage road, generally good, 
and very fine through Hutton Valley. West Plains 
northeast to Mountain View, 30 miles; via Peach 
Valley, 10 miles, gravel road, varies from hilly to 
rough. West Plains south to Lanton, 18 miles;, via 
Cottbus, 8 miles, varies from level to hilly. West 
Plains southwest to Cure All, 15 miles ; via Potters- 
ville, 12 miles, fair gravel road, few hills ; to Gaines- 
ville, 28 miles further. West Plains northwest to 
Siloam Springs (a health resort), 18 miles, hilly but 
good gravel road. West Plains southwest to Bakers- 
field, Ozark County, 25 miles; via Homeland, 6 
miles; South Fork, 13 miles, gravel road, fair; to 
Yellville, Ark., 70 miles more, a daily stage route. 
South Fork south to Moody, 10 miles, fair road. 
West Plains to Thomasville, Oregon County, east, 
20 miles ; via Attie, 13 miles, good road; and south 
east to Alton, 11 miles more. West Plains north 
west to Olden, 10 miles; Willow Springs, 23 miles; 
Sterling, 29 miles, and Cabool, Texas County, 10 
miles more, rough and hilly. West Plains to Salem, 
Dent County, 80 miles; via Summerville, 36 miles, 
varies from level to hilly. West Plains to Mammoth 
Springs, Ark., 28 miles, mostly level, few small 
hills, usually good. 



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Hotels : West Plains, Commercial Hotel, $2 per 
day; The Brenner House, $1 per day. Siloani 
Springs, Southern Hotel, $2 per day. Willow 
Springs, The Nettlelan, $2 per day; Commercial, 
$1 per day. 

IRON 

In Southeastern Missouri, west of Madison County 
and southwest of St. Francois County. H. A. 
Wheeler, of St. Louis, kindly reports that the roads 
in and about Ironton and Arcadia are good gravel 
roads, with, all the streams bridged. Arcadia is a 
pleasant summer resort on the Iron Mountain 
Railroad, 89 miles south of St. Louis, situated in 
the beautiful Arcadia Valley, with high hills and 
mountains, belonging to the Ozark Range, on every 
side. Ironton, 1)4 miles north of Arcadia, is the 
county seat. Numerous trips can be made from 
Ironton (or Arcadia) as a basis, in every direction. 
The road from Ironton south to Buford Mountain, 5 
miles, where there are manganese mines, follows 
the valley. To the "Shut-Ins," where the seenery 
is very picturesque, is 3 miles across the valley 
(east from Ironton). Ironton to Granite ville is 5 
miles (northwest), where there are extensive 
quarries of a very excellent red granite that is 
largely used in St. Louis for building and paving. 
This trip should not be missed, as close to the 
quarries are groups of huge granite boulders resting 
on the bare, solid granite that are very interesting, 
as they are mere relics or remnants of overlying 
bodies of granite that have decayed and been 
washed away by the rains, leaving these harder 
and more resistant portions behind. Some of the 
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128 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

as to be easily rocked to and fro by a man, though 
weighing several tons. An excellent road, with 
the streams all bridged, leads north from Ironton, 
through the valley, to Pilot Knob, 2 miles; Iron 
Mountain, 7 miles; to Bismarck 12 miles, the 
junction point of the Belmont branch of the Iron 
Mountain Railroad, with the main line through the 
Arcadia Valley and Iron County. 

Pilot Knob is a very interesting place to visit, for 
while the huge iron mine that made the place 
famous by producing over 1,000,000 tons of a very 
superior ore for steel making, is worked out, a 
magnificent view is to be obtained from the top 
of the Knob, which is 600 feet above the valley. 
A skirmish occurred here during Price's retreat, 
after his famous raid into Missouri, during the 
Rebellion, and remains ©f the intrenchments are to 
be seen in the valley at the foot of the Knob. 

Iron Mountain is famous from its very rich and 
extensive iron mines. The so-called Iron Mountain 
is a hill that gently rises about 190 feet above 
the valley, but which, when first discovered, was 
entirely covered with boulders and loose masses 
of iron ore, so that the entire hill was erroneously 
supposed to be a solid mass of ore. It was 
estimated to contain over 1,000,000,000 tons of ore 
before it was worked; whereas the ore is about 
exhausted, after producing little over 3,000.000 
tons. The hill is found to be composed of a 
reddish-colored porphyry, in which are found se:nns 
and veins of iron-ore that have been worked in 
the past forty years. Here is to be seen hydraulic- 
mining in working the surface ores, similar to 
the method employed in working the gold placers 
of California; huge open cuts, that expose several 



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veins of the solid black ore; and very large under- 
ground workings, where the ore has "been followed 
below the level of the valley. One mile from Iron 
Mountain is a beautiful lake that is used as a 
reservoir for the hydraulic work (good road). An 
excellent toll road, with the streams bridged, runs 
east from Iron Mountain to Doe Run, 9 miles, 
where the extensive mines, mill and smelting 
works of the Doe Run Lead Co. are located, and 
the terminus of the St. Joe & Desloge R. R., which 
runs to the Mississippi River at Riverside, 26 miles 
south of St. Louis. From Doe Run the road 
continues to Delassus, 1%, miles, on the Belmont 
branch of the Iron Mountain R. R., and thence 
to Farmington, 2}^ miles further, a large, prosperous 
town and the county seat of St. Francois County. 
Ironton to Fredericktown, in Madison County, is 20 
miles; the road is very rough, very hilly, almost 
entirely through a wild, wooded country, and 
crosses the St. Francois River, which has to be 
forded or swum, if the river is high. The Einstein 
Silver Mine, on Silver Mountain, which has not 
been worked for years, is on this road (on the west 
bank of the St. Francois). Two roads run south- 
west from Ironton to Centre ville, 30 miles, via East 
Fork: and 28 miles via Hogan and Mill Creek; 
both are fairly good dirt roads, hilly, but with 
no bridges. A wild, picturesque, but rough road is 
by way of Tom Sauk Creek, 24 miles. Arcadia 
"south to Hogan, 6 miles; to Sabula, 14 miles; 
to Annapolis, 18 miles; to Des Arc, 28 miles; 
to Gads Hill, 33 miles. Graniteville northwest to 
Belleview, 4 miles, fair road, to Kaolin, 12 miles; 
to Montana, Vo% miles; to Goodwater, 27 miles, 
southwest to Red Point, 36 miles; road is rather 
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rough. Roads run south from each of these points, 
mentioned on last route, to Reynolds County, but 
all are more or less rough, and most of them have 
numerous streams to cross. Roads run west from 
both Hogan and Sabula to Lesterville, Reynolds 
County, about 9 miles each. Kaolin north to 
Belgrade, Washington County, 8 miles. Kaolin 
northeast to Caledonia, 8 miles. Belleview north 
to Caledonia, 7 miles. Belleview northeast to 
Farmington, 23 miles. Arcadia northeast to Far- 
mington, St. Francois County, 22)o' miles; via 
Ironton, % mile; Pilot Knob, 2% miles; Middle- 
brook, 6 miles; Iron Mountain, 8% miles; Doe 
Run, 11% miles; De Lassus, 20 miles, nearly all 
fair hilly gravel and straight roads. 

Hotels: Arcadia, Ironton, Iron Mountain and 
Doe Run, rates $1 and $2 per day. Bismarck. 
several hotels and restaurants. 

JACKSON. 

See map in pocket at end of hook. 

In west central part of State. E. P. Moriarity, 
assisted by H. G. Henley, kindly reports: The 
cycling stronghold of West Missouri, containing 
Kansas City, which has many well paved streets 
within her corporate limits. Riders from abroad 
coming by railroad will usually leave the train 
at the Union Depot and can wheel from there to the 
league hotel (Centropolis, L. A. W. rate, Fifth and 
Grand avenue, $2.00 per day), via Union avenue, 
Bluff street and Sixth street to Grand avenue ; 
thence on Grand avenue to Fifth street. Riders get- 
ting off at Milwaukee depot or Grand avenue depot 
should take Grand avenue up town to Fifth str 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 131 

Some of the principal riding streets running north 
and south are: Broadway, Main and Southwest 
boulevard, Grand avenue, McGee, Locust, Troost, 
Forest, Tracy, Brooklyn, Olive, Prospect and 
Walrond. Some of the best streets running east 
and west are: Fifth, St. John, Independence 
avenue, Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth, Fifteenth and 
Eighteenth streets. Troost Park can be reached 
by Forest and Troost avenues; Washington Park 
by Independence avenue or Fifteenth street. 
There is a half-mile race track just west of the 
Exposition building, at the corner of Twelfth and 
Prospect. A fine river view can be had by going 
east on Independence avenue to Garfield; thence 
north to the river, from which point 14 miles of the 
Missouri River, from Parkville to the Randolph 
bridge, can be traced. The roads running out 
of Kansas City are all more or less hilly, and if one 
wants to test himself in hill climbing on country 
roads let him take the roads to Leavenworth or 
Glendale. The roads running north and east near 
the Missouri river are more hilly than those leading 
south and west. The principal routes leading out 
of Kansas City are: Kansas City east to Independ- 
ence, 11 miles; via Independence avenue or 
Fifteenth street, hilly but good roads. Fifteenth 
street macadamized all the way and Independence 
avenue half way. Out of Independence the Lexing- 
ton road is macadamized for 6 miles and prospect 
of extension. Also ■ the Blue Springs road 
is macadamized for 3 miles with prospective 
extension; Independence south to Lee's Summit, 
14 miles, hilly, stony, clay road; Lee's Summit 
northeast to Lexington, 40 miles, roads clay, hilly 
and poor; Kansas City east to Blue Springs, via 



132 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

Independence, 25 miles, clay, hilly, generally fair 
riding; to Grain Valley, 30 miles; Oak Grove, 
35 miles, clay surface, fair road; to Higginsville, 
30 miles more. Kansas City south to Belton, Cass 
County, 26 miles; via Troost avenue, roads clay 
and hilly, but generally fair condition. Kansas 
City southwest to Olathe, Kansas, via Southwest 
boulevard, through Rosedale, Merriam, Shawnee 
and Lenexa, 24 miles, good road; paved to Rose- 
dale, 4 miles. One of the most historic roads in 
the State is the "Old Wayne City Road" leading 
out of Independence north three miles to the river. 
This road was built and macadamized in the fifties, 
when Kansas City was known as Westport Land- 
ing, and consisted of only a few stores on the 
Levee. This is one of the first roads ever macada- 
mized in the State, and its building antedates 
civilization west of Independence, which was then 
a trading post and the starting point of the Santa 
Fe Trail leading to California. Although built a 
generation ago the road is to-day in places a fine 
piece of macadam, and well worth a ride over if 
for naught else than for associations of days gone 
by, when the weary yoke of oxen plodded along 
this picturesque route, the terminus of which over- 
looks the river from dizzy heights above. Olathe 
southwest to Paola, passing Spring Hill and Hills- 
dale, 24 miles, roads fair. Olathe west to Ottawa, 
38)^ miles, fair roads. Kansas City west to 
Bonner Springs, 20 miles, sandy. Bonner Springs 
west to Lawrence, 23 miles, sandy. Kansas City 
west to Argentine, Kansas, G miles; via Armour- 
dale, paved and good; cross Kaw River twice at 
Armourdale and Argentine bridges. Kansas City 
northwest to Leavenworth, 36j^ miles; road to 
Quindaro via Wyandotte bridge over Kaw, 5}4 miles, 



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good; thence very billy and "tough' ' till near 
Leavenworth, but good shade an,d strawberry 
patches on the road. Kansas City north to St. 
Joseph, 68 miles; road via Harlem bridge and 
Parkville, 10 miles; to Barry, 18 miles (or eastern 
road to Barry, 15 miles, which is better), sandy, 
balance of road fair. Kansas City northeast to 
Excelsior Springs, via Liberty, 27 miles ; road via 
Harlem, Birmingham, 8 miles; Liberty, 16 miles, 
sandy, balance clay, very hilly. Kansas City 
southeast to Holden, 54 miles, as follows: Leeds, 
Q% miles, macadamized; 'Ray town, 11 miles, 
macadamized; Lee's Summit, 21 miles, good clay; 
turn directly east out of Lee's Summit,following Pos- 
tal Telegraphline, road nearly level, good surface; 
to Pleasant Hill, 36 miles; thence to Strasburg, 
42 miles, road clay and rolling, good surface ; 
thence to Kingsville, 48 miles, slightly hilly; 
thence to Holden, 54 miles, good. Kansas City 
southeast to Lone Jack, 34 miles; via Lee's 
Summit, ^good until near Lone Jack, and then very 
hilly. Independence east to Adams, <±% miles; 
Lake City, 12 miles ; Buekner, 16 miles ; Levasy, 
19 miles; to Lexington, 40 miles; via Wellington, 
fair in dry weather. Kansas City south to New 
Santa Fe, 15 mles; Dallas, Yl%, miles, good road. 
Kansas City south to Hickman's Mills, 13 miles, 
good, except near Blue River, then hilly and stony. 
This is a branch road one-half mile east of main 
road to Belton. 

Hotels: Independence, Merchants, L. A. W., 
$1.50 per day, meals, 35 cents; Kansas City, Cen- 
tropolis, Fifth and Grand avenue, $2 per day ; Kan- 
sas City, Kan., Hotel Allmon, $1.50 per day, meals, 
25 cents; Olathe, Kan., Avenue House, $1.50 per 
day, meals 35 cents; Lee's Summit, Summit House, 



134 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

$1.50 per day, meals 35 cents. Belton, Hotel Bel- 
tori, L. A. W. rate for meals, 25 cents. Holden, 
Talmage House, L. A. W. rates $2 ; meals or lodg- 
ing, 50 cents. Vice Consul: Kansas City, E. P. 
Moriarity, 110 W. Eighth street. Consuls: Inde- 
pendence, H. G. Henley, County Court House; 
Westport, H. C. Wood. For Kansas City local 
consuls, see list of consuls at end of book. Repair 
shops: At all the cycle agencies. 

JASPER. 

Near the southwest corner of State, and is the 
greatest zinc producing county in the world. Wal- 
ter Harrington, of Carthage, kindly reports: Most 
of the roads in the county are natural hard prairie. 
From Carthage east 12 miles to Avilla, there is a 
very good level road. Carthage west to Carteis- 
ville, 9 miles; Webb City, 10 miles, good but hilly 
road. Carthage southwest to Joplin/ 17 miles; two 
or three interesting hills and one river; bridged. 
Oronogo lies 12 miles west of Carthage, excellent 
level road, through bottom land, good in dry weath- 
er, fine coasting, two good hills. Carthage, south- 
east to Reed, 12 miles; Sarcoxie, 16 miles; road 
level and good. Oronogo to Webb City, 3 miles, ex- 
cellent gravel road . Webb City to Joplin, 5 miles 
southwest, good sandy road with one very tough 
hill. Tourists advised to visit the famous lead and 
zinc mines of Joplin, the wheeling center of south- 
west Missouri. Carthage to Springfield, Greene 
County, 60 miles east, natural hard prairie road the 
entire distance. Carthage north to Lamar, Barton 
County, 23 miles ; straight, level and good to Jas- 
per City, 12 miles, balance rough, streams all 
bridged. Carthage south to Fidelity, 7 miles, and 
Neosho, 25 miles. Carthage northwest to Alba, 8 



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miles; Galesburg, 15 miles; Georgia City, 17 miles. 
Hotels: Joplin, Jopliu House, $2 per day; Car- 
thage, Harrington House, L. A. W. $2 per day; 
meals, 50 cents ; Webb City, Buffalo House, $1 per 
day; Carterville, Hotel Carterville., L. A. W., $1 
per day; meals 25 cents, lodging 25 cents. Con- 
suls: Joplin, A. L. Means; Carthage, Walter Har- 
rington; Webb City, G. F. Haskins; Carterville, 
Bryan Cooper. 

JEFFERSON. 

See special map of St. Charles and Jefferson Counties in 
pocket at end of book. 

The now famous Jefferson County hills were dis- 
covered by six members of the defunct Frisco 
Club in 1883. Since then the wonderful coasting 
trip through the county has been looked forward to 
•with enthusiasm several times a year by St. Louis 
riders. A. S. Hinchey kindly reports: The Lemay 
Ferry (De Soto) pike extends from Carondelet 
(South St. Louis) to De Soto, 45 miles southwest. 
On the first 15 miles to the Meramec River the 
grades are but ordinary in size. After leaving the 
river the road leads via Maxwell, 18 miles over a 
series of long hills, the steepest of which are found 
near Bulltown (Antonia), 25 miles from St. Louis. 
From Bulltown to Hillsboro, 12 miles, the grades are 
nearly as startling; from Hillsboro to De Soto, 8 
miles, the hills are more moderate. De Soto to 
Valle's Mines, on county line, 8 miles southeast, 
level, gravel, -but is a creek road, only good in the 
best of weather. Valle's mines to Bonne Terre, 12 
miles, road almost unridable, good place to foot it. 
Bonne Terre to Farmington, 14 miles. These roads 
are very bad except in the driest weather, and are 
hardly ever used by wheelmen. De Soto, southwest 



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to Potosi, 25 miles, dirt road, hilly and fair. Hills- 
boro to Victoria, 4 miles; Victoria northeast to 
Hematite, 3 miles; Festus, 12 miles, hilly and bad. 
Festus southwest to Avoca,, 28 miles, dirt ridge 
road, bad, very hilly. Peter Moor road extends 
from De Soto to Richwoods, 19 miles west; the first 
4 miles to Moor's Farm the road is fine, good gravel, 
medium hills and a good place for coasting. Moor's 
Farm to Fromet, 6 miles, very good in dry weather. 
Fromet to Richwoods, 9 miles, roads are fair; Big 
River Creek, % mile beyond Fromet, not bridged 
and hard to ford. Antonia (Bulltown). to Monte- 
sano Springs, east 10 miles ; there is also a cross 
road running from the Maxville to Antonio road, 
starting about 7 miles south of Maxville, east to 
Montesano Springs, 8 miles. Hillsboro to Hema- 
tite, 5 miles, very bad and rocky; to Crystal City, 9 
miles, same kind of road. Morse's Mills to Hills- 
boro, 5 miles; to De Soto, 13 miles. This is a very 
good road in dry weather. De Soto southwest to 
Vineland, 5 miles, clay and rock, a few bad hills. 
Clay roads get very hard in good weather and make 
very good riding. De Soto southeast to Avoca, 6 
miles, creek bottom ; have to cross the creek sever- 
al times, no bridges ; thence northeast to Rush Tower, 
on-the river, 22 miles; first 2 miles, fair, the rest is 
composed of rocks, stumps, and very bad hills; hard 
to get there on bicycles. There is also a road from 
Oakville, St. Louis County, direct south to Monte- 
sano Springs, 15 miles. Fenton, St. Louis County, 
southwest to High Ridge, 7 miles; House's Springs, 
12 miles; to Morse's Mills, 25 miles. About 13 
miles south of High Ridge, a road runs west to 
Ditmer's Store, 3 miles, and to Calvy, Franklin 
County, 18 miles. Morse's Mills, west to Hemker, 



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Franklin County, 15 miles. De Soto west to Fromet, 
10 miles, and to Richwoods P. O., Washington 
County, 30 miles. Vineland south to Old Mines, 
Washington County, 18 miles. Hillsboro southwest 
to Fromet, 16 miles. All these roads are certainly 
in the county, but where the condition is not men- 
tioned we could find nothing in regard to the same, 
and they are simply given to show wheelmen how 
to make connections between various points if they 
wish to get across. 

Hotels: Bonne Terre, Sheppard House; Farming- 
ton, Braun's Hotel; De Soto, Commercial, L. A. W. 
rate, $1.50 per clay; meals, 50 cents; lodging, 40 
cents. Bulltown, (Antonia), Dr. Mason, meals, 50 
cents. Consul: De Soto, A. S. Hinchey; House's 
Spring, V. J. Leight ; Kimmswick, J. S. Hurlburt. 

JOHNSON. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

Southeast of Jackson County. Harry K. Morgan 
and W. L. Hyer kindly report: Kingsville north- 
west to Kansas City, via Strasburg, 6 miles, Pleas- 
ant Hill, 12 miles, and Independence, 4? miles. 
About 50 miles good prairie road -from Kansas City 
to Pleasant Hill, balance hilly. Kingville east to 
Warrensburg, 20 miles; via Holden, 5 miles, and 
Centerview, 12 miles, good prairie. From Holden, 
be sure to take road north of Missouri Pacific R. 
R. track. Warrensburg east to Knob Noster, 12 
miles; via Montserrat, 7 miles, part prairie but 
very hilly, stony clay near Knob Noster. Take 
road north of Missouri Pacific track crossing south 
through Montserrat, thence north of track again. 
Warrensburg south to Clinton, Henry County, 35 
miles, good level prairie; via Cornelia, 12 miles. 



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This is oue of the best roads in this part of the 
State. Warrensburg northwest to Columbus, 13 
miles. Columbus north to Lexington, 28 miles, 
gently undulating and good. Knob Noster north- 
east to Sweet Springs, 20 miles, crooked, hilly dirt 
road, with some rocky ledges. Knob Nostereast to 
Lamonte, 7 miles, prairie and clay on north side of 
tracks ; on south side of railroad, straight and hilly 
for 3 miles, balance level prairie. Knob Xoster 
southeast to Green Ridge, Pettis County, 18 miles, 
good rolling prairie. Knob Noster south to Wind- 
sor, 20 miles; first 10 miles good straight, level 
prairie; last 10 miles smooth and rolling. Knob 
Noster to Clinton, 43 miles southwest ; not advisa- 
ble, as most of the distance is rough and hilly. Go 
to Warrensburg and then south. Warrensburg 
south to Pertle Springs, 1)4 miles. This is quite 
a popular summer resort, has a good hotel and fa- 
cilities for boating, fishing, bowling and lawn ten- 
nis right on the grounds. J. H. Christian, the pro- 
prietor, pays special attention to the comforts of 
wheelmen. Warrensburg west of Holden, 15 miles, 
good. Holden south to Urich, Henry County, 20 
miles, some few hills, but principally good roads. 
Holden has a flourishing club .of 16 members. Val- 
ley City southeast to Knob Noster, 10 miles, good 
level road. Holden north to Odessa, 24 miles; via 
Pittsville, 10 miles; timber and prairie road, fairly 
good except timber portion. Holden southwest to 
Butler, Bates County, 48 miles; via Rose Hill, 10 
miles; Index, 15 miles; Garden City, 20 miles; 
Dayton, 24 miles ; Altoona, 32 miles ; rolling prairie 
road, some hills; surface moderatelj' smooth, 
streams bridged. Warrensburg is the cycling cen- 
ter of Johnson County, has League members, and 



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touring wheelmen are always welcome. Warrens- 
burg north to Electric Springs, 1 mile, ridable but 
hilly; good hotel, fine water and finest bowling 
alley in the West. Warrensburg northwest to 
Odessa, 25 miles ; via Columbus, 14 miles ; road roll- 
ing but smooth to Columbus, and 2 miles beyond 
part timber; thence good prairie road. \ Warrens- 
burg southeast to Windsor, 35 miles; via Henrietta, 
18 miles ; first 12 miles good prairie road, 5 miles 
hills, clay and rocks, mostly ridable; balance 
smooth. Warrensburg north to Lexington, 35 
miles; via Fayetteville, 15 miles; Mayview, 25 
miles, first 15 miles hilly but good; balance rolling 
prairie, moderately smooth. Warrensburg north- 
east to Valley City, 12 miles, hilly, rough road; 
thence to Concordia, 18 miles rolling prairie, fair 
surface. All main roads are connected by section 
line cross-roads, and mostly in fair riding condition, 
especially the prairie portion. Never try a timber 
cross-road. All streams are bridged on main roads. 
No rock or gravel roads in county. 

Hotels: Knob Noster, Elliott House, regular rate 
$1.50 per day; L. A. W. rate $1 per day; meals or 
lodging, 25 cents. Lamonte, Lamonte House, $1.50 
per day. Warrensburg, Commercial Hotel, regu- 
lar rate, $2; L. A. W. rate, $1.50; meals 40 
cents, lodging 40 cents. Holden, Talmage House, 
L. A. W., $2; meals or lodging, 50 cents. . No 
Hotel at either Valley City or Fayetteville. 

KNOX. 

In northeast part of State, north of Shelby 
County; has some fine rolling roads and scenery. 
L. H. Parsons kindly reports: Edina has good 
roads, one running southeast to Shelby ville, 30 



140 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

miles, level; via Novelty, 12 miles. Quiney, 111., 
to West Missouri (see Marion County report), via 
Newark northwest to Edina, 20 miles, good rolling: 
clay; thence west 9 miles on the same kind of road 
to Hurdland, and continues to Kirksville, Adair 
County, 16 miles further. Edina southwest to 
Locust Hill, 14 miles, good, but several stiff hills. 
Locust Hill to Goodland, "horrible." Edina south 
to Hedge City, 12 miles; then east to Newark, 10 
miles, good. A road leading north from Edina to 
Millport, 14 miles, reported tough. Edina east to 
Knox City, 10 miles, and to La Belle, Lewi.^ 
County, 15 miles, fair road; thence to Monticello, 
10 miles further. Newark northwest to Millport, 
30 miles : via Bee Ridge, 8 miles, roads generally 
good; continues to Rutledge, Scotland County 
Newark to Millport, via Knox City, is a better road. 
Newark northeast to La Belle, 10 miles, fair road. 
Newark south to Shelbyville, 10 miles, good, except 
some hills. This is the range line road from 
Shelbyville north to Iowa, through Novelty, Edina. 
Baring and Greenburg, in Knox County and through 
Pleasant Retreat to Memphis, Scotland County. 
This is the best route north through the county, 
not so many hills, and roads kept in better condi- 
tion than most of the other roads in the county. 
Edina northwest to Adair, Aclair County, 14 miles. 
Edina northeast to Colony, 14 miles. Edina north- 
west to Greenburg, 12 miles. Edina southeast to 
Plevna, 16 miles. Edina north to Memphis, 25 
miles, good riding, mostly, level prairie country, 
with hills enough to make it interesting; streams all 
bridged, but bridges poor. Colony west to Millport, 
7 miles; Greenburg, 14 miles. The soil in this 
county makes a very sticky mud, and in rainy 



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seasons is almost impassable. The hills are clay. 
Hotels: Edina, Northern Hotel; Knox City, Pa- 
cific Hotel; Hurdland, Hotel Cockrum; all $2 per 
day. 

LACLEDE. 

South of center, in a hilly region. O. G. Bantley 
kindly reports: From Lebanon, the county seat, 
northeast to Waynesville, 30 miles; via Bellefont, 
19 miles, dirt, hilly and poor. Lebanon southeast 
to Oakland, 10 miles, fine, level dirt road, but from 
there on to Houston, 55 miles, it becomes rough 
and hilly with unbridged rivers, via Nebo, 22 
miles. Lebanon south to Hartville, 35 miles; via 
Orla, 11 miles on east route ; or on west route, via 
Grove Spring, Wright County, 23 miles, rough and 
hilly. Lebanon southwest to Marshfield, 31 miles; 
via Brush Creek, 9 miles; Phillipsburg, 14 miles; 
Conway, 20 miles; hilly to Conway, but fair in 
good weather. Conway to Marshfield, rolling 
prairie, good. Lebanon southwest to Buffalo, 33 
miles, hilly, unbridged river and creek. Leb- 
anon northwest to Lead Mines, Dallas County, 32 
miles, very rough. Lebanon northwest to Linn 
Creek, 32 miles, broken and rough ; via Deeaturville, 
Camden County, 18 miles. Lebanon southwest to 
Long Lane, Dallas County, 18 miles. Lebanon 
northeast to Stoutland, Camden County, 14 miles; 
via Sleeper, 8 miles. Lebanon northeast to Hazle 
Green, 18 miles, and northwest to Stoutland, 7 miles 
more. Lebanon east to Fyan, 20 miles. Lebanon 
southwest to Springfield, 60 miles ; via Phillipsburg, 
one hard hill, 14 miles to the Niangua river, 30 



142 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

miles, fine dirt and gravel road, few easy hills. 
The next 20 miles to Strafford, 50 miles, is along 
the Niangua and Pomme de Terre rivers. Through 
this section the road is very rough with many 
hard hills. About mid way are the sand springs, 
and for nearly 3 miles an abundance of sand is 
encountered. From Strafford good dirt roads pre- 
vail. Lebanon northeast to Jefferson City, 90 
miles; via Linn Creek, 32 miles; Bagnell, Miller 
County, 52 miles, dirt road from Bagnell is rough 
and hilly with numerous climbs. 

Bennett's Spring — the largest in the state, if not 
throughout the west — is a favorite resort of wheel- 
men, for its beautiful scenery, good fishing, rowing, 
sw T imming and accessibility to Lebanon. The 
spring lies 12 miles northwest of Lebanon and is 
easily reached by wheel, over a good, gravel, ridge 
road, with but one hill of importance, which com- 
poses the last mile of the distance. The recent im- 
provements on this hill now make it fairly easy to 
ride. 

Natural Tunnell is another favorite spot for Sun- 
day runs, and easily reached by a good dirt road, 
with but a few small hills. The tunnel is situated 
9 miles west of Lebanon. Besides these, many inter- 
esting caverns are located nearby and can.easilybe 
reached by wheelmen. Lebanon northeast to Rolla, 
Phelps County, 72 miles; via Richland, 22 miles; 
Crocker, 36 miles ; Dixon, 50 miles ; very hilly and 
rough, and can only be covered with great diffi- 
culty. 

Lebanon is county seat, and is situated on the St. 
L. & S. F. R. R,, 182 miles southwest of St. Louis, 
and 56 miles northeast of Springfield. Population. 
3,500. Lebanon has 46 miles of level dirt ptreetSj 



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which are very good during the dry seasons. Side- 
walk riding is prohibited; otherwise wheelmen are 
unrestricted. 

Hotels: Lebanon, Laclede Hotel, L. A. W. $2 
per day, meals and lodging, 50 cents; Gasconade 
Hotel. Conway, Pare House. Consul, Lebanon, 
O. G. Bantley. 

LAFAYETTE 

See map in pocket at end of hook. 

In western part of State, south of Missouri River 
and east of Jackson County. Edward B. Ludwigs, 
Local Consul, kindly reports: Our roads are undu- 
lating, and but few of them are what would be 
termed hilly ; they are smooth where much traveled, 
except in muddy weather. They soon become dry 
after a rain. The streams on all important roads are 
bridged. Kansas City to St. Louis route runs via 
Lexington, 52 miles east of Kansas City. Lexington 
southwest to Greenton, 11 miles, and then north- 
west to Napoleon, hilly and clay road, 9^ miles 
further. Greenton southeast to Columbus, Johnson 
County, 14 miles, hilly, and 14 miles farther to 
Warrensburg, good road. Lexington northwest 
across Missouri River to Richmond, 9 miles, good 
sandy road, last 4 miles hilly. Lexington west to 
Wellington, 8 miles, smooth and level; to Water- 
loo, 11 miles; then to Napoleon, 16 miles, hilly 
road. Lexington east to Dover, 11 miles, easy 
grade ; to Waverly, 22 miles, hilly clay ; thence to 
Marshall, 24 miles further good road. Lexington 
south to Odessa, 18 miles, hilly road. Lexington 
southeast to Higginsville, 14 miles, good dirt road; 
southeast 40 miles further to Sedalia. Dover south 
to Higginsville, 9 miles, fair dirt road. The road 



144 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

from Lexington to Warrensburg is for the most part 
gently rolling, smooth and good; distance 35 miles; 
via MaysvieWj 11 miles. Lexington south to Co- 
lumbus, Johnson County, 25 miles, smooth and un- 
dulating dirt. Odessa west to Chapel Hill, 11 
miles, hilly dirt road. Odessa west to Bates City, 

7 miles, hilly dirt road. Higginsville southeast to 
Aullville, 7 miles; to Concordia, 12 miles; Sweet 
Springs, Saline County, 21 miles, good roads, nearly 
level. Higginsville northeast to Corder, 7 miles; 
to Alma, 14 miles; Blackburn, 18 miles, and Mar- 
shall, 18 miles further, fair dirt road. Concordia 
north to Waverly, 18 miles; via Alma, 9 miles, 
hilly near Waverly. Dover south and east to 
Corder, 7 miles, fair dirt road. Lexington north- 
west across river to Camden, 9 miles, swanrpy and 
level. Lexington northeast across river to Hardin, 

8 miles; to Norbone, 16 miles, sandy, level. The 
river at Lexington is crossed by ferry. 

Hotels: Odessa, Myrtle Hotel, L. A.Vv. $1.25 per 
day; meals 25 ( eents and lodgings 50 cents. Lex- 
ington, Mrs. Nickell's Home, $2.00 per day. 
Consul: Lexington, E. B. Ludwigs. Odessa, , C. 
L. Frost, 

LAWRENCE. 

In Southwest Missouri; bounded on west by 
Jasper and north by Dade Counties. Geo. A. Mc- 
Cann kindly reports: All our roads are fairly good 
in dry weather, but rocky near streams, no bridges 
except those mentioned. Mt. Vernon is the county 
seat and Aurora is the principal town. Cyclers at 
Aurora, Mt. Vernon, Pierce City, Bowers Mills, 
Marionville, and Stotts City. Aurora west and 
northwest to Carthage, 41 miles; via Verona, 4 
miles; Monett, 12 miles; Pierce City, 18 miles; 



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Sarcoxie, 28 miles, fair road, billy in places, but 
good all summer. Aurora northeast to Springfield, 
31 miles; via Marionville, 6 miles; Billings, 11 
miles; Republic, 16 miles; Brookline, 21 miles; 
Nichols, 27 miles, fair roads, very good prairie, but 
hilly and rocky in places ; can be ridden nicely in 
dry weather. Verona south to Cassville, 22 miles, 
good roads and some fine coasts. Verona north to 
Mt. Vernon, 12 miles, good road, slightly hilly. 
Aurora north to Greenfield, 32 miles, via Mt. Ver- 
non, 12 miles, small hills, reasonably good surface 
near Aurora and Mt. Vernon, but balance prairie 
road, level and fine in dry weather. Aurora south- 
east to Galena, 19 miles, very hilly and rough. 
Marionville northwest to Mt. Vernon, 15 miles, 
good prairie road nearly ail the way, but a few 
rocky hills. Mt. Vernon southwest to Monett, fair 
road, 20 miles. Mt. Vernon northwest to Bower's 
Mills, good prairie road, 15 miles ; thence to Car- 
thage, 27 miles, fine prairie road. Mt. Vernon west 
to Sarcoxie, 18 miles, fair, small hills; via Forest 
Home, 10 miles, stream bridged. Mt. Vernon 
southwest to Pierce City, 22 miles, good roads, two 
small hills. Mt. Vernon northwest to Phelps, 7 
miles, prairie, some rocks, but good; thence west 
to Red Oak, 17 'miles, good prairie road. Mt. 
Vernon northeast to Lawrenceburg, 16 miles, first 
10 miles good prairie, balance hilly and rocky; via 
Paris Springs, 11 miles. Mt. Vernon north to 
Yingst, 12 miles, 10 miles good, balance poor and 
hilly. Mt. Vernon northeast to Hall Town, 15 
miles, good, and fair to Springfield, 33 miles. 
Marionville north to Hall Town, 15 miles, part 
prairie and part hilly. Mt. Vernon east to Chesa- 
peake, 9 miles, fair level road. 
10 



146 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

Hotels: Lawrenceburg. Hollinsworth House; 
Aurora, Natioual Hotel. L. A. W. rate, $1.50; 
Verona, Ode Koven House; Monett. Attaway 
House, both $2 per day; Pierce City. New Wind- 
sor, L. A. W. rate $1.50 per day, meals or lodging, 
each 50 cents; Mt. Vernon, Mt. Vernon Hotel. L. 
A. W. rate $1.00 per day; Marionville. Gamrnell 
House, L. A. W. rate $1.15 per day, meals or lodg- 
ing, 35 cents each. Sarcoxie has a good hotel. 
Consuls: Aurora, T. H. Loy ; Marionville, E. H. 
Dameron ; Pierce City, F. J. Duncan; Mt. Vernon. 
Geo. A. McCann and J. E. Houghton. 

LEWIS. 

On the Mississippi River, near northeast corner. 
Roads generally of rolling character; black soil. 
W. N. Turner kindly reports: La Grange, which 
can be seen from Sunset Hill, Quincy, 111., lies 15 
miles north of that city, and connects with it by a 
good level road. All north and south roads along 
the river are good, but the other roads are mostly 
poor, excepting under the best conditions. A road 
runs from Canton, on the Mississippi, west to 
Monticello, 12 miles; then northwest to Buuker 
Hill, Smiles, and to Williamstown, 25 miles, good 
dirt road; continues to Kahoka, 18 miles further. 
Another road runs from Canton northwest to Bunk- 
er Hill, 15 miles. Canton north to Alexandria, 18 
miles; via Gregory's Landing, 12 miles. Canton 
south to La Grange, 7 miles. La Grange west to 
Monticello, 15 miles; Lewiston. 21 miles; La Belle, 
26 miles. Another route, La Grange to La Belle, 
25 miles; via Gilead, 10 miles; Tolona, 15 miles; 
Lewiston, 20 miles; continues to Edina, Knox 
County, 16 miles further. La Grange southwest to 



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Maywood, 10 iniles, and northwest to Durham, 5 
miles further. La Belle north to Williamstown, 13 
miles ; via Deer Ridge, 7 miles. Monticello south- 
west to Steffenville, 12 miles, and 7 miles more to 
Newark, Knox County. Canton southwest to Dur- 
ham; 15 miles. La Grange southwest to Durham, 
12 miles; via Weber, 8 miles. La Grange south- 
west to Taylor, Marion County, 8 miles. Monticello 
south to Durham, 12 miles. Monticello northeast 
to Winchester, Clark County, 16 miles, and 10 
miles further northwest to Kahoka. Monticello 
north to Belle Plain, Clark County, 13 miles. 

Hotels: La Grange, good hotel; La Belle, La 
Belle House, L. A. W. $1.50 per day, meals and lodg- 
ings, 40 cents ; Lewiston and Monticello, only 
medium, $1 per day. Williamstown has small hotel. 
Canton, Canton House, L. A. W. $1.40 per day; 
meals or lodging, 35 cents. 

LINCOLN. 

On the Mississippi River, south of Pike County. 
G.T.Dunn, attorney at law, kindly reports : The sur- 
face varies from prairie to short bluffy hills,traversed 
by roads which have been greatly improved during 
1894 and 1895. Troy is the county seat and has a num- 
ber of roads one of which, not extra good, runs north 
to Eolia, Pike County, via Auburn, 21 miles. Eolia 
northeast to Clarksville, 12 miles, fine gravel pike. 
St. Louis riders wishing to ride to Clarksville had 
better train it to Eolia, or cycle to St. Charles, then 
on Wabash track to Gilmore, and take train from 
there (see Pike County report). Troy northeast to 
New Hope, 16 miles, hilly dirt road, mixed; to Els- 
berry, 21 miles., and Wells, Pike County, 35 miles. 
Tijoy northwest to Louisville, 21 miles, same as 



148 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

preceding. Troy northwest to Millwood, 12 miles, 
dirt and hilly. Troy west to Truxton, 16 miles; 
via Hawk Point, 9 miles ; and to Montgomery City, 
35 miles, good level dirt road; Truxton north to 
Bowling Green, 26„miles, mixed dirt roads to Ash- 
ley. Ashley to Bowling Green, 7 miles, good 
gravel. The roads in and about Troy are fair. 
Auburn east to New Hope, 7 miles, very fair road. 
Troy east to Chantilly, 8 miles ; Winfield, 14 miles, 
very good road. Troy southeast to Gilmore, St. 
Charles County, 19 miles, moderately rough. Troy 
south to Wright City, St. Charles County, 12 miles, 
fair sand. Troy southwest to Warrenton, Warren 
County, 18 miles, moderately rough, Troy north- 
west to Early, 10 miles, fair; Olney, 18 miles, good 
and level. New Hope to Elsberry, 5 miles, good 
sand and gravel. 

Hotel: Troy, Troy Hotel. 

LINN. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

Linn County is situated in the central part of 
North Missouri. Brookfield is the principal city, of 
about 6,000 people, and is 6 miles from the south 
line of the county and central from east to west. 
E..H. Shepherd kindly reports: All roads east and 
west are somewhat hilly, and those north and south 
mostly level. All of them are well graded, dirt, and 
smooth, except in very bad weather. Creeks are 
bridged. Brookfield east to St. Catharine 4 miles, 
thence to Bucklin, 6 miles farther, very hilly, hard 
clayey surface, and splendid coasting. Brookfield 
west to Laclede, 5 miles, thence to Meadville, 6 
miles farther, roads fine; to Wheeling, Livingston 
County, 5 miles more, good. Brookfield northwest 



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to Linneus (county seat), via *+ffi-W?^': 
thence north to Purdin, 6 miles, and 7 miles farther 
to Browning. Fine riding. Brookfield son heast 
to Marceline, 11 miles, first three miles level bal- 
ance is somewhat hilly, and fine coasting^ Biook- 
field east to Macon City is 34 miles. Brookfie Id 
northeast to Kirksville, 44 miles. Brookfie Id north 
to Milan, 34 miles. Brookfield northwest tc .Tien- 
ton 42 miles. Brookfield west to Chillicothe 26 
miles. Brookfield sonthwest to Carrollton 41 miles. 
Brookfield south to Brunswick, via Mendon (17), 
Triplett (9), Brunswick (8), 34 miles. These 
roads follow general description of those in Linn 
County. Linneus north to Purdin, 6 miles, good 
level, smooth dirt road. Purdin north to Browning, 
8 miles, very good. Browning west to WestviUe 
rough, hilly, and bottom roads. Browning north 
to Milan, 13 miles. From the cross-roads (see 
Brookfield to Linneus route), the turning off 
point to go to Linneus, due north 6 mi es to Gran- 
ville, good and level. Grantsville north, 3^ miles 
then 3K miles east and north to Enterprise, good 
level prairie road. Enterprise east 7 miles and 
south 9 miles, the roads are not in good repair. 
Laclede south to Cunningham, 8 miles, fairly good, 
practically level. Brookfield south to Keytesville, 
38 miles, fairly good rolling prairie roads. Linneus 
northwest to Trenton, 30 miles, part good road. 
Linneus southwest to Chillicothe, Livingston 
Countv, via Eversonville, 24 miles, very hilly, and 
unbridged creek. Brookfield north to Grantsville 
11 miles, good in all seasons; thence northeast 7 
miles to Enterprise, very hilly near latter place. 
Bucklin southeast to Moberly, 34 miles. Bucklin 
south to Keytesville, Chariton County, 26 miles. 



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Brookfield southwest to Brunswick, 29 miles, good 
road. Bucklin north to New Boston, 13 miles. St. 
Catharine north to Hybrid, 8 miles. Linneus 
northwest to Westville, 16 miles. Last six roads 
follow general description given above. 

Our club will make runs to Kansas City via Chil- 
licothe, Braymer, Lawson, Excelsior and Independ- 
ence, distance, 124 miles. 

Hotel: Brookfield, the New Clark. L. A. W. 
rate $2.00 per day; special rates for longer time; 
meals and lodging, 50 cents. Browning, Hotel 
Newton, L. A. W., $1.40 per day, meals and lodg- 
ing, 35 cents. 

Repair shop: W. H. Jenkins & Co. 

Clubs: Brookfield Cycle Club, R. N. Bowden, 
secretary-treasurer; Brookfield Road Club, Will 
Lynn, secretary. 

Consuls: Brookfield, E. H. Shepherd; Linneus, 
W. C. Martin; Browning, Will Prather. 

LIV5NGSTON. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

In northwest part of State, north of Carroll 
County and west of Linn. F. C. Oehler kindly 
reports: The roads in this county afford very good 
wheeling in dry weather, The bottoms become 
smooth, hard and firm. The hills are a little steep, 
but to every hill you climb there is a corresponding 
coast. Chillicothe is the county seat and principal 
road center. The Jimtown road, mostly bottom, 
leads from Chillicothe to Carrollton, 40 miles south 
in Carroll County. A branch road leads to Avalou, 
14 miles from Chillicothe, and is part bottom, part 
hilly. Another branch of the Jimtown road leads 
east to Wheeling, 9 miles, alternately bottom and 



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hilly; thence to Meadville, Linn County, 5 miles 
further, and Laclede, 12 miles. This is an excellent 
dirt road. The Utica road leads southwest from 
Chillicothe over alternating bottom land and hills 
to Utica on the Grand River, 5 miles; thence to 
Dawn, 16 miles, and to Ludlow, 22 miles. A branch 
from Utica leads west over good road 5 miles to 
Moorsville; 10 miles to Breckenridge ; Nettleton, 15 
miles; Hamilton, 20 miles. Spring Hill road leads 
northwest from Chillicothe, crossing Grand River at 
Graham's Mills, 4 miles, slightly hilly; then over 
good bottom and hilly road to Springfield, 4 miles 
from the river; then 14 miles over hilly road to 
Jamesport, total 22 miles. Linneus road runs east 
from Chillicothe over hills via Eversonville, 12 miles ; 
to Linneus, 12 miles further, and is a good dirt road, 
crossing Medicine Creek bridge 7 miles east of Chil- 
licothe, with partly bottom land. Trenton road runs 
directly north from Chillicothe to Trenton, 26 miles; 
hilly to Farmersville, 14 miles, but good coasting; 
balance fair upland road. Utica southeast to county 
line, 9 miles, well traveled, and above average 
condition. Utica north to Spring Hill, 11 miles, 
road not traveled much, streams unbridged and 
hard to cross; thence 8 miles west to county line, 
and 13 miles further to Gallatin. Chillicothe north- 
west to Lock Springs, 15 miles. Chillicothe north- 
east to Alpha, Grundy County, 16 miles, good road in 
wet or dry^ weather during summer. 

Hotels: Chillicothe, Henrietta House, L. A. W. 
rate, $1.50 per day; meals 50 cents; lodging 50 
cents ; Gait, Gait House ; Hamilton, Hotel De Por- 
ter; Breckenridge, Rhodes House; Dawn, Fisher 
House; Utica, Palmer House; Wheeling, Power 
House. Consul: Chillicothe, J. V. Grace. 



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Mcdonald 

In extreme southwest corner. Pineville is the 
county seat, and has a few hilly roads running from 
it. The whole county is but sparsely settled, moun- 
tainous and more or less cut up. None of our 
streams are bridged, and all roads are more or less 
hilly. No riders known to exist here. County 
Clerk kindly reports : Pineville southwest to Sara- 
toga Springs, 13 miles; to Southwest City, 18 miles. 
Part of this road, along Elk Eiver, rock and gravel, 
and part on prairie, dirt and gravel; the entire road 
only medium. Pineville south to Arkansas line, 7 
miles, mostly graveled ridge road; 12 miles further 
to Bentonville, Ark. Pineville southeast via Sul- 
phur Springs to Caverna, near Arkansas line, 11 
miles, mostly rock and gravel; to Bentonville, Ark., 
10 miles further. Pineville east along big Sugar 
Creek bottom, dirt, gravel, rock and quite hilly, 
passable for light vehicles ; to Cyclone, 8 miles ; 
Powell, 14 miles; Tribulation, 17 miles, and Rocky 
Comfort, 27 miles. Pineville to Rocky Comfort 
northeast, 24 miles, mostly ridge gravel road, fair 
to good; via Bethany, 14 miles; Nubia, 17 miles. 
Pineville north to Erie, 10 miles; Indian Springs, 
12 miles, medium fair road; to Neosho, 22 miles. 
The roads from Pineville west and northwest are 
dirt and gravel and in fair condition, as per the 
following: Pineville to Rutledge, 7 miles. Pineville 
northwest to Splitlog, 12 miles. Pineville north- 
west to Tiff City, 18 miles. Pineville to Coy, 12 
miles. Tiff City south to Southwest City, 12 miles, 
mostly gravel road; some hills, moderately good. 
Rocky Comfort west to Indian Springs, 12 miles, 
gravel and rock, fair road. Indian Springs via 



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Erie, 2 miles; to Lanagan^ on the railroad, 15 
miles, fairly good. Pineville west to Harper, 5 
miles; Elk Mills, 15 miles. Rocky Comfort south- 
east to Cassville, 15 miles. 

Hotels: Pineville, Wilson House and Freeman 
House ; Southwest City, Corum House ; Rocky Com- 
fort, Rocky House; Splitlog, Occidental Hotel; 
Lanagan, a new hotel has been built. 

MACON. 

Northern central portion. C. B. Truitt and Theo. 
Reichel kindly report: The roads of this county 
offer good wheeling the greater part of the year, 
and have been considerably improved during 1893, 
'94 and '95. The county is thickly settled, and 
Macon, the county seat, has a number of riders. 
There are but few large streams in the county, and 
these are well bridged. Macon north to Atlanta, 
12 miles, mostly level, some steep hills. Atlanta 
north to Love Lake, 3 miles, level road. Love 
Lake north to La Plata, 6 miles, prairie road ; con- 
tinues to Kirksville, 18 miles. Macon west to 
Bevier, 5 miles, all hills. Bevier to Callao, 3 miles, 
some hills. Callao to New Cambria, 11 miles. 
New Cambria to Lingo, 4 miles, many hills, and 
after rains not ridable ; 4 miles further to Bucklin, 
Linn County. Macon east to Anabel (think Bev- 
erly P. O.), 8 miles; first four miles hilly, balance 
level. Anabel east to Clarence, 5 miles; good level 
road to Shelbina, 12 miles further. Macon south to 
Excello, 8 miles, good level road. Excello to Jack- 
sonville, 3 miles, some hills, fair wheeling. Jack- 
sonville to Cairo, 6 miles, good roads. Cairo to 
Moberly, 7 miles, roads generally level. About 5 
miles out from Macon there are a few steep hills 



154 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

which can be avoided by taking the well-ballasted 
Wabash tracks to within 1 mile of Jacksonville, 
when the road should again be taken. Macon 
northwest to Bloomington, 7 miles, good level road, 
some hills ; Merceyville, 22 miles, fair, somewhat 
hilly , thence north 5 miles and east 10 miles to La 
Plata. Macon northeast to Ten Mile, 5 miles hilly, 
5 miles level; Sue City, 22 miles, via Economy, 
good level road; continues to Edina, Knox County, 
20 miles more. Macon southwest to Woodville, 
14^2 miles ; first 5 miles fair, balance very rough 
and hilly. Bloomington south to Moberly, 30 miles ; 
via Bevier, *6% miles; College Mound, 9j4 miles, 
very rough and hilly. Bloomington west to New 
Cambria, 12 miles, rough and hilly, and southwest 
to Keytesville, 27 miles more. Bloomington north- 
west to Milan, 45 miles. Callao south to Kaseyville, 
11 miles, fair ridge road, some hills. Excello east 
to Woodville, 8)^ miles; first 4 fairly good, balance 
rough and hilly. Bloomington northwest and north 
to Tullvanie, 31 miles, very hilly and rough. The 
best wheeling in the-county is over the Macon to 
Moberly road. The north and south roads through 
the county are generally smooth and level, with 
occasional hills; while those which tend east and 
west cross all the streams and are very hilly. 

Hotels: All towns named have fair hotels except 
Cairo, Excello, Love Lake, Lingo and Anabel. 
La Plata, Cottage Hotel, L. A. W. $1.50 per day. 
meals and lodging, 35 cents ; Moberly, Merchants' 
Hotel, L. A. W. $2 per day, meals and lodging, 50 
cents; New Cambria, Hotel Cambria, L. A. W. $1 
per day, meals and lodging, 25 cents; Macon, Tre- 
mont House, L. A. W. rates, $2.00 per day, meals 
50 cents, lodging 50 cents; Bevier, L. A. W. James 



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Hotel, 80 cents per day, meals and lodging 25 
«ents. Consuls: Macon, C. B. Truitt and Theo . 
Keichel; Bevier, C. Baker; Steadman, J. L. Irwin. 

MADISON. 

The County Clerk kindly reports : Cycling flour- 
ishes here in the shape of the "Madison County 
"\Yheelmeu," residing at various points, principally 
Fredericktown, which had at one time 18 members, 
and 9 at Lamotte. The 4-mile gravel stretch 
between these points is used daily, and long tours 
and visits by St. Louis riders are frequent. The roads 
of this section are very poor, only being ridable in 
extremely dry weather, except in the immediate 
vicinity of Fredericktown, where they are good 
gravel. The principal roads leading out -from here 
are dirt roads, which are very hilly and rocky. 
The county is small, and roads in south part are 
little used. Fredericktown is connected with Jeffer- 
son County roads via the Farmington road to Mine 
Liamotte, 4 miles; Libertyville, 10 miles, and 
Farmington, 20 miles, of not very good roads gen- 
erally, some rocky hills; thence 25 miles to De 
Soto, only fair. Fredericktown southeast to Cape 
Girardeau, on the Mississippi, 50 miles; via Patton, 
18 miles ; Jackson, 40 miles, hilly and clay, not 
very good; last 10 miles hilly gravel, good. Sign- 
boards follow Jackson road. Fredericktown west 
to Ironton, 20 miles, very rough. Fredericktown 
south to Greenville, 40 miles. Fredericktown north- 
east to Ste. Genevieve, 36 miles. Fredericktown 
southeast to Bessville, Bollinger County, 17 miles, 
and to Marble Hill, 29 miles. Fredericktown north- 
east to Perryville, 30 miles. 

Hotel: Fredericktown, Madison House, $1.50 per 
day; meals or lodging, 40 cents. 



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MARIES. 

In central southern portion of state, south of 
Osage and north of Phelps counties. The county- 
is but thinly settled, and can boast of no very good 
roads. Thos. J. Ellis kindly reports: The streams 
are all unbridged, and the rain renders them, as 
well as the roads, nearly impassable for man or 
beast. Vienna is the county-seat, and has a num- 
ber of roads radiating from it. Vienna southwest 
to Dixon, Pulaski County, 20 miles, hilly, crossing 
a number of creeks, good only in dry weather; to 
Waynesville, 18 miles further. Vienna northwest 
to Koeltztown, Osage County, 12 miles, rough and 
hilly. Vienna southeast to Rolla, Phelps County, 
24 miles, rough and hilly, good in dry weather. 
Vienna to Vichy, 14 miles southeast, passing west 
side of Lane's Prairie to High Grove, 21 miles,. and 
St. James, Phelps County, 28 miles, and 23 miles 
further to Steelville, most of the road high and dry 
at all seasons. All the roads are dirt, with the 
exception of some bad places which are gravel. 
Vienna north to Linn, 22 miles. Vienna northeast 
to Cleavesville, Gasconade County, 21 miles; via 
Lindell, 9 miles. Lindell east to High Gate, 3 
miles; Jake's Prairie, 11 miles. Vienna west to 
Tuscumbia, 40 miles; via Tavern, 13 miles; Iberia, 
Miller County, 25 miles. Lane's Prairie north to 
Steen's Prairie, 7 miles. Vienna south to Clifty 
Dale, 12 miles. Vienna northwest to Manton. 14 
miles, and Babbtown, Osage County, 19 miles. 

Hotels: Vienna, Vienna Hotel and Hotel Maries, 
each $1 per day; Vichy, Levi James, the same. 



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MARION. 

In northeast part of state of Missouri. James C. 
Howell kindly reports : Hannibal, beautifully situ- 
ated on the Mississippi river, is a city of 18,000 
people; it has about 150 riders, and a good club, 
"The Hannibal Wheelmen," with a membership 
of 35. Hannibal has a number of finely paved streets 
and splendid gravel pikes leading in all directions. 
A number of riders have made the trip from St. 
Louis to Hannibal (see touring route No. 2) . Han- 
nibal southwest. to New London, fine, 9%' miles, 
sand-paper gravel pike, with moderate grades and 
charming coasts. Hannibal to Spalding Springs, 12 
miles southwest via Oakwood and Hydesburg, 
over the Paris gravel road, fine surface and easy 
grades. Hannibal to Sydney, via Spalding Springs, 
18 miles, on Paris gravel, good riding all the way. 
Hannibal west to West Ely, 17 miles, elegant sand- 
j3aper pike, fine coasts and easy grades; thence 
good dirt road to Monroe City, 25 miles, Shelbina, 
40 miles, level, except 3 miles, Salt River Hills, and 
northwest to Shelbyville, 50 miles. Hannibal to 
Palmyra, two routes, one on West Ely gravel, 9 1-2 
miles, then turn north at Dudley place, 4 1-2 miles 
on dirt and gravel road to Palmyra, very good. 
Second route, via old Telephone road, 12 miles 
northwest, good gravel all the way. Hannibal, 
across river (Mississippi), to Quincy, 20 miles, very' 
good bottom road. Hannibal to Kinderhook, Illi- 
nois, good gravel for 10 miles, balance dirt. Mon- 
roe City to Paris, 24 miles, rough, hilly country, 
clay roads. Palmyra northeast to Quincy, 13 miles, 
excellent gravel. Hannibal south to Louisiana, 36 
miles, via New London, 9 1-2 miles; New London 



158 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

to Frankford, 8 1-2 miles; Frankford to Louisiana, 
18 miles, all good gravel, except 8 1-2 miles of very 
hilly, clay roads between New London and Frank- 
ford. New London to Center, Perry and Mexico, 
all prairie, and dirt road, good in dry weather. 
Walter Koch kindly reported in addition to above r 
West Quincy on river, west to Nelsonville, 28 miles; 
via Hester, 10 miles, first 5 miles corduroy, bad, 
balance fair hilly clay. Philadelphia north to Dur- 
ham, 11 miles, and south to Monroe City, 15 miles, 
all rough, and not good for wheels. Palmyra north- 
east to West Quincy, 13 miles, excellent gravel all 
the way. Palmyra north to Hester, 9 miles, rough 
all the w T ay. Palmyra east to Mississippi river, 8 
miles, good for first 6 miles. Palmyra north to 
La Grange, 18 miles, good gravel road. Palmyra 
west to Philadelphia, 13 miles, fair gravel for 10 
miles, balance good dirt. Palmyra northwest to 
Emerson, 13 miles; Ben Bow, 16 miles; Nelson- 
ville, 21 miles. Emerson north to Naomi, 6 miles; 
Durham, 10 miles. Palmyra west to Warren, 9 
miles, hilly, rough, no gravel; to Shelbyville, 30 
miles, fair level road. Palmyra southwest to North 
Fork, Monroe County, 26 miles, and 37 miles to 
Paris. Nelsonville northeast to Durham, 10 miles. 
Nelsonville southwest to Greenville, Shelby County, 
9 miles. Nels.onville northwest to Newark, Knox 
County, 8 miles. The last three mentioned roads 
are rough and not very good for wheeling. 

Hotels: Hannibal, Park Hotel, L. A. W. $1.40 
per day; meals or lodging, 35 cents; Palmyra, 
Dudley Hotel, L. A. W. $1.40 per day; meals or 
lodging, 35 cents. 

Consuk Hannibal, J. C. Howell. 



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MERCER. 

In north central part of State. County Clerk 
kindly reports: Princeton has fine roads leading in 
all directions. Princeton north to Marion, 10 miles, 
fair dirt road; thence to Lineville ; Iowa,5 miles, fine 
level road. Princeton west to Goshen, 6 miles, good 
dirt road, moderately level ; and to Mt. Moriah, Har- 
rison County, 14 miles, and 16 miles further to Beth- 
any. Princeton southwest to Modena, 10 miles, 
good level dirt road; to Trenton, 17 miles more. 
Princeton northeast to Ravana, 10 miles, half 
rough, balance good dirt road; then north to Iowa 
State line, good road. Princeton southeast to Half 
Rock, 16 miles, part level, part hilly, dirt road. 
Princeton south to Mill Grove, 8 miles, very rough. 
Princeton to Saline, northwest 16 miles, good level 
road. Princeton east to Newtown, Sullivan County, 
15 miles, and northeast to Unionville, Putnam 
County, 25 miles more ; or, Newtown southeast to 
Milan, 18 miles. Ravana southeast to Newtown, 
10 miles. Princeton north to Alvord, 7 miles; and 
northwest to Adel, 15 miles. Ravana north to 
Cleopatra, 10 miles. All streams are bridged; no 
rock or gravel roads in the county. 

Hotels : Princeton, Buren House, $2 per da^; Ra- 
vana, Ravana House; Marion, Hotel Marion; Half 
Rock and Modena, each one hotel, all $1 per day. 

niLLER. 

Miller lies in center of State, south of Cole 
County. J. W. Waite kindly reports: Tuscumbia 
(county seat on north bank of Osage River), south- 
east to Iberia, 16 miles; via Pleasant Farm, 5 



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miles, billy, rough dirt, no bridge. Tuseumbia 
northwest to Aurora Springs, 12 miles, and to Eldon, 
14 miles, dirt, hilly, rough; or Aurora Springs west to 
Koeky Mount, 5 miles, and to Versailles. 22 miles. 
Tuseumbia north to Pleasant Mount, 12 miles; 
Olean, 14 miles, hilly and rough ; or, from Pleasant 
Mount west to Barnett, 9 miles? or. from Pleasant 
Mount east to Spring Garden, 16 miles. Tuseumbia 
west to Bagnell, 16 miles, even worse than last 
mentioned road. Tuseumbia south to Bromley, 12 
miles, not so bad, and east to Iberia, 24 miles. 
Tuseumbia southwest to Linn Creek, 23 miles. 
Tuseumbia north to Jefferson City, 30 miles. Tus- 
eumbia east to Elizabeth, 13 miles, and northeast 
to St. Thomas, 10 miles. Tuseumbia north to Mary's 
Home, 9 miles, and southeast to Elizabeth, 16 miles. 
Hotels: Iberia, Iberia hotel, $1.50 per day; Tus- 
eumbia, Home Hotel; Eldon, Eldon Hotel; Bagnell, 
Mrs. Waddell, each $1.25 per day; Aurora Springs, 
Virginia Hotel, $1.50 per day. 

nississippi. 

In the southeast corner, and roads are scarce. The 
County Clerk kindly reports: The roads being san- 
dy are not all adapted to good riding. The county 
is level, however, without rocks or hills. One road 
leads from Charleston southeast to Belmont, 23 
miles, sandy and swampy. Charleston south to New 
Madrid, 35 miles, via East Prairie, level, good rid- 
ing, streams bridged. Charleston west to Sikeston, 
12 miles; via Bertrand, 6 miles, sandy; 6 miles 
swampy and neglected. Charleston, 12 miles east 
to Bird's Point, opposite Cairo, 111.; via Rodney, 7 
miles, good road in summer but unridable in spring 
and winter. Charleston north to Benton, Scott 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 161 

County, 22 miles, sandy. Charleston north to Com- 
merce, Scott County, 21 miles, sandy, bottom land. 
Charleston southeast to Samoa, 6 miles ; Henson, 9 
miles, good in dry weather. Belmont southwest to 
New Madrid, 37 miles, ; via Wolf Island, 6 miles ; 
Medley, 11 miles; James Bayou, 24 miles, good 
road in summer. Charleston southeast to Wolf 
Island^ 20 miles, good in dry weather. 

Hotels : Bertrand, Bush House, $1 per day ; Char- 
leston, Hotel Kendrick and Commercial Hotel. 

MONITEAU. 

Centrally located; bounded by Cooper County on 
the north and Cole County on the southeast. One 
Kansas City to St. Louis route passes through Otter- 
ville, Cooper County, to Tipton, 12 miles, hilly; to 
Clarksburg. 18 miles; California, 24 miles, and 10 
further to Centertown; via McGirk, 5 miles, mostly 
level prairie road; to Jefferson City, 12 miles more, 
partly hilly. The County Clerk kindly reports: 
California, the county seat, has 2,000 inhabitants, 
and macadamized streets. The roads leading into 
the county are rough and rocky, and very muddy 
after a hard rain., but dry soon in summer and 
fall. The prairie roads are level, and afford fine 
riding in dry weather. The large streams are well 
bridged where main roads cross them. California 
south to High Point, 10 miles, hilly and rocky; 
southwest to Excelsior, Morgan County, 20 miles, 
level, but very muddy after a hard rain, and to Ver- 
sailles, 10 miles more. California northwest to Pis- 
gah, 12 miles, very bad road. California southwest 
to Versailles, Morgan County, 30 miles, mostly good 
road, few hills, splendid riding in dry weather. Tip- 
ton to Moniteau, Cooper County, 6 miles, good dirt 
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road. Tipton south to Versailles, 18 miles ; via For- 
tuna, 7 miles. California northeast to Jamestown, 
12 miles, good riding in dry weather; 2 or 3 rocky 
hills. California northeast to Marion, Cole County, 
15 miles, mostly rough and hilly, "but another road 
(16 miles)is fair until within 3 or 4 miles of Marion. 
California southeast to Russellville, Cole County, 12 
miles, rather rough, except first 6 miles which is 
good. California north to Rocheport, Boone County, 
26 miles, not very good road. California southwest 
to Latham's Store, 10 miles, and northwest to Tip- 
ton, 16 miles, rather rough, part good however. 
California west to Clarksburg, 6 miles, 3 or 4 rocky 
hills, otherwise good. 

Hotel: California, City Hotel, L. A. W., $1.25 
per day; meals, 35 cents; lodging, 35 cents. 

MONROE 

In northeast part of State, north of Audrain 
County. 0. Lee Crigler kindly reports that the 
roads are very fair at best, with some hills. Paris 
southwest to Moberly, 25 miles; via Madison, 12 
miles. Paris south to Mexico, 28 miles, good dirt 
road; via Long Branch, 11 miles. Paris north to 
Shelbina, good dirt road. Paris east to Florida, 12 
miles, rough and hilly. Paris northeast to Monroe 
City, 22 miles, part poor, part good road. Paris 
southwest to Middle Grove, 18 miles part rough, 
balance good; 15 miles further to Higbee. Paris 
southeast to Santa Fe, 16 miles, good. Paris south 
west to Centralia, 25 miles; 3 miles rough, balance 
fine. All roads in the county are dirt, with low 
hills on every side of Paris. All streams are 
bridged. The scenery is very pretty, and the 
County has numerous summer resorts. Paris north 



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to Lakenan, Shelby County, 15 miles, good roads. 
Paris northeast to North Fork, 11 miles, and 38 
miles to Palmyra, 4 miles rough, balance good. 
Paris northwest 36 miles to Maeon City; via Gran- 
ville, 8 miles; Woodlawn, 15 miles, good dirt road 
all the way. Paris southwest to Fayette, 50 miles, 
lots of hills. Paris northwest to Bloomington, 40 
miles, good. Paris east to Perry, Ralls County, 
prairie road, 18 miles. Madison northwest to Dun- 
can's Bridge, 8 miles; Woodlawn, 11 miles; Shel- 
bina, 23 miles, prairie roads. Paris west to Holli- 
day, 7 miles ; north to Granville, 13 miles, Shelbina, 
23 miles, good to Holliday, part rough to Granville ; 
balance good. 

Hotels: Paris, Glenn House, L. A. W. rate, 
$1.50 per day; Monroe City, New Winsor, $2 per 
day. Consul, Santa Fe, O. Lee Crigler. 

MONTGOriERY. 

\ 

Lies north of the Missouri River, south of Pike 
and west of Lincoln Counties. W. A. Crockett, County 
Clerk, kindly reports : Jonesburg,in southeast corner, 
west to High Hill, 5 miles, level ; to New Florence, 
10 miles; Montgomery City, 17 miles, and north- 
west to Wellsville, 25 miles. Wellsville northeast 
to Middletown, 12 miles, and thence west to Mexico,45 
miles along' Wabash R. R. Jonesburg,via High Hill, 
to Danville, 15 miles; Mineola Springs, 20 miles; to 
Williamsburg, Callaway County, 28 miles. The first 
half of this road is very rough but ridable, and bal- 
ance fair clay. This is the old State road running 
from St. Louis to Sedalia. Jonesburg north to 
Bowling Green, Pike County, 30 miles, elegant level 
dirt road, last 7 miles gravel; two unbridged creeks, 
which are easily forded. Danville south to Rhine- 



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land, 13 miles. Danville southwest to Portland, 
Callaway County, 17 miles; via Mineola Springs, 4 
miles. Danville northwest to Mexico, Audrain 
County, 30 miles. Danville north to Montgomery, 
6 miles. High Hill north to Price's Branch, 6 
miles. High Hill northeast to Bellville, 7 miles. 
Wellsville east to Gamma, 12 miles, mostly good 
prairie road. Wellsville north to Mt. Carmel, Au- 
drain County, 11 miles, prairie road and bridges. 
Portland, Callaway County, east to Khineland, 11 
miles, and northeast to Pendleton, Warren County. 
31 miles. Wellsville northwest to Martinsburg. 5 
miles, good road. Danville southwest to Bethlehem, 
8 miles. Danville south to Americus, 12 miles, part 
hills and part good. New Florence south to Big 
Spring, 9 miles. High Hill north to Middletown, 
20 miles. Jonesburg north to Bellville, 7 miles; 
Beerschale, 15 miles; Gamma, 18 miles, mixed 
road; and northwest to Middletown, 26 miles, 
mostly good road. 

Hotels: Wellsville, Central and Arnold Houses; 
Montgomery City, Railroad Hotel, Mrs. Walden's 
and Mrs. Rombaugh's; New Florence, McClure 
House; Middletown, Covington House and Kelly 
House. 

MORGAN. 

In the central portion of the State. Bounded on 
the west by Benton and north by Moniteau Counties. 
Geo H. Hubbard, the County Clerk, kindly reports: 
Versailles northeast to California, 30 miles, fine 
gravel road, nearly level. Versailles north to Syra- 
cuse, 20 miles, dirt road nearly all the way, some 
hills, part steep, but short, mostly gradual rises. 
Syracuse east to Tipton, 5 miles, smooth, level dirt. 



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Syracuse west to Sedalia, 20 miles, mixed dirt road, 
fair. Syracuse southwest to Florence, 9 miles, 2 
miles rocky, balance fair dirt; one hill that is steep 
and not very long; southwest to Bebra, 17 miles, 
and southeast to Stover, 32 miles. Versailles west 
to Stover, 10 miles, dirt road, mostly level, and to 
Boeschenville, Benton County, 16 miles. Versailles 
northeast to Excelsior, 9 miles, level dirt road; 
southeast to Barnett's, 19 miles, level dirt, and to 
Rocky Mount, Miller County, 26 miles south, and 
southwest to Gladstone, 44 miles; Cape Galena, 65 
miles ; or from Rocky Mount east to Aurora Springs, 
6 miles, and Tuscumbia, southeast, 11 miles further. 
Versailles south to Cape Galena, 17 miles ; via Gra- 
vois Mills, 10 miles, very rough, hilly and rocky, 
and to Linn Creek, 10 miles more. All roads south- 
east and southwest to county line are generally 
rough and rocky . Versailles northwest to Florence, 
15 miles, rough, hilly, some rocks. Versailles 
northwest to Bebra, 14 miles. Versailles southeast 
to Rocky Mount, Miller County, 14 miles. Versailles 
east to Barnett, 10 miles. Versailles southwest to 
Warsaw, 35 miles. Versailles southwest to River- 
view, 18 miles, rough, hilly, plenty of rocks. Ver- 
sailles south and west to Osage River, 16 miles; 
to Crittenden, 22 miles, rough, hilly, rocky. Ver- 
sailles north to St. Martin, 8 miles; Future, 13 
miles, good road. 

Hotels: Versailles, City Hotel, Martin House 
and Staley's Boarding House, each $2 per day; 
Syracuse, Smith House; Florence, Steinback House. 
$1 per day, each. 



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NEW MADRID 

In southeastern part of state. H.P.Riley, Attorney 
at Law, kindly reports: Not many roads, but they 
make up in quality for what they lack in quantity. 
New Madrid, on Mississippi River, northeast to 
Ogden P. O., 18 miles: Charleston, 35 miles, good ? 
level, bridged road. New Madrid north to Sikeston, 

22 miles, good level road, bridged; via Ristine, 6 
miles; Ogden, 13 miles. Two and one-half miles 
south of Sikeston a road branches west to Bloomfield, 

23 miles. New Madrid south to Pt. Pleasant. 10 miles, 
good, level road; to Gayoso, 25 miles further. New 
Madrid southwest to Portageville,20 miles, good level 
road, with no streams to cross; to Clarkton, Dunk- 
lin County, 20 miles further. New Madrid west to 
Paw Paw Junction, 7 miles good level road, no 
streams. New Madrid east to Island No. 8, 8 miles, 
good, level road. New Madrid to James Bayou, north- 
east 16 miles, good, level road; and 6 miles beyond 
is Hickman's Ferry, opposite Hickman, Ky. New 
Madrid north to La Forge Station, on St. L. & S. W. 
R. R., 7 miles. The character of the roads in this 
section is all alike, without rocks or gravel, and no 
hills to cross. We are 60 miles southwest of Cape 
Girardeau, with a good gravel road a portion of the 
way. Pt. Pleasant southwest to Portageville, 11 
miles. 

Hotels: New Madrid, Stiefel House; Pt. Pleasant, 
Bishop Hotel; Sikeston, Mrs. Green; each $2 per 
day. 



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NEWTON. 

In southwestern part of State, south of Jasper. 
The County Clerk kindly reports: On- main public 
roads, streams are all bridged. The prairie roads, 
while hilly, have no rocks and are very good in dry 
weather; but the wooded roads are both hilly and 
rocky. Neosho, county seat, in central part of 
county, east to Newtonia, 12 miles, 4 miles rough 
gravel, balance smooth prairie road. Newtonia north 
to Ritchey, 4 miles, good; southwest to Granby, 10 
miles, too rough for bicycle. Ritchey east to Pierce 
City, 1-1 miles, rough. Neosho west to Seneca, 16 
miles, good most of way, part dirt, part gravel ; via 
Dayton, 10 miles. Neosho northwest to Joplin, 20 
miles; via Thurman,12 miles, bad road. Neosho north- 
east to Granby, very good, 7 miles; to Sarcoxie, 23 
miles, bad. Neosho southwest to Tiff City, McDon- 
ald County, 24 miles, bad. Neosho south to Pine- 
ville, 23 miles, part bad, but fair road in McDonald 
County. Neosho north to Carthage, 24 miles, very 
good. Granby north to Carthage, 20 miles; 
via Diamond, 7 miles, very good. Granby north- 
east to Mt. Vernon, 32 miles, rough. Granby south- 
east to Carmele, 29 miles. Neosho south to Indian 
Springs, McDonald County, 11 miles, bad. Neosho 
southeast to Kent, rough, 12 miles ; to Stella, rough, 
14 miles, and north to Newtonia, 22 miles, very 
good. Nesho northwest to Hornet, 14 miles, bad. 

Hotels: Neosho, McElhany House, L. A. W. $1 
per day; lodging 25 cents; meals 25 cents. Good 
hotel accommodations at all villages and towns, and 
rates reasonable. Granby, Granby House, L. A. 
W. $1.50 per day; meals, 35 cents; lodging, 50 
cents. 



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NODAWAY. 

In northwestern corner, on the Iowa "border. Mary- 
ville is the county seat ; and located in the center. 
W. J. Staples kindly reports: Maryville northwest 
to Burlington Junction, 17 miles, fair, all ridable. 
Maryville southwest to Graham, 19 miles, follow 
main road, elegant; continues southwest into Holt 
County. Maryville north to Pickering, 7 miles, fine; 
to Hopkins, 17 miles, and Bedford, Iowa, 30 miles, 
good hilly dirt road ; or, Hopkins east to Grant City, 
Worth County, 10 miles. Burlington Junction west 
to Tarkio, Atchison County, 12 miles, good dirt 
road, rolling country. Maryville south to Savannah, 
Andrew County, 30 miles, good, hilly black loam, 
except for 6 miles after passing Fourteen-mile 
Point. Maryville west of Quitman, 12 miles, first 9 
miles, good, balance stony and hilly; thence west 1 
mile, south 13 miles to Graham. A road from Quit- 
man also continues into Atchison County. Mary- 
ville east to Ravenwood, 12 miles, very hilly, but 
good surface; continues to Albany, Gentry County, 
32 miles. Maryville to Conception, 16 miles (4 
miles east, 5 south and 7 east), first four miles very 
hilly, then fair roads all good surface. Conception to 
Stanberry, Gentry County, 12 miles, southeast, first 
4 miles very hilly, good surface ; continues to Albany, 
13 miles further. Maryville to Parnell City, 17 miles 
northeast, all hilly, first half good surface, balance 
rutty and rough. Graham east to Barnard, 23 miles; 
Guilford, 30 miles; to county line, 36 miles; con- 
tinues to Island City, Gentry County, 5 miles further. 
Maryville northeast to Oxford, Worth County, 25 
miles; to Grant City, 12 miles further. Burlington 
Junction south to Quitman, 5 miles, level, good sur- 



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face; to Skidmore, 11 miles, very hilly; Maitland, 
south 18 miles, fair, rather hilly. Graham is 1>£ 
miles east of Maitland. Guilford north to Conception, 
8 miles ; thence north to Ravenwood, 13 miles ; Par- 
nell City, 20 miles. Maryville to Arkoe, south %% 
miles, good roads, nearly level. Maryville southeast 
to county line, 18 miles; to Rochester, Andrew 
County, 17 miles further. 

Hotels: Maryville, Linville Hotel; Burlington 
Junction, Merchants' Hotel ; Graham, Windsor Hotel ; 
Pickering, City Hotel. All except first one, $1 per 
day. Parnell City, King' s Hotel, 35 cents per meal ; 
Quitman, Farmers' House, $1 per day; Bedford, 
Bedford House, $1.50 per day; Conception, Hotel 
Clyde, $1 per day. Consul: Maryville, E. Andrews. 

OREGON. 

South part of State, on the Arkansas "border, east 
of Howell and west of Ripley. County Clerk kindly 
reports : Roads somewhat rough but can be ridden 
by wheelmen* Not a county bridge over any stream. 
Alton to Thayer, 16 miles southwest, hilly, crosses 
large creek 2 miles north of Thayer. Alton to 
Thomasville, 10 miles northwest, fair, and hilly; 
Middle Fork and Eleven Point Creeks are crossed; 
no bridges. Alton east to Doniphan, 35 miles; via 
Many Springs, 7 miles, crossing Eleven Point River, 
no bridge, rough and rocky. Alton northeast to 
Van Buren, 35 miles; via Wilderness, 14 miles. 
Alton southeast to Garfield, 8 miles; Myrtle, 15 
miles ; Jobe, 17 miles. Alton west to West Plains, 
38 miles. Thayer north to Thomasville, 20 miles. 
Alton north to Eminence, 34 miles. Thomasville 
northeast to Van Buren, 34 miles. 

Hotels: Alton, Alton House; Thayer, Westfall 
House; Thomasville, Jno. Dial. Each $1 per day. 



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OSAGE. 

Lies east of Cole and north of Maries Counties. 
The County Clerk kindly reports: The State road, a 
continuation of the Manchester road from St. Louis, 
passes through the center of county towards Jeffer- 
son City, crossing the Gasconade River at Mt. Ster- 
ling, eastern boundary. No bindges in the county, 
but a ferry-boat is generally at all the river cross- 
ings. Mt. Sterling west to Linn Creek, county seat, 12 
miles; Loose Creek, 18 miles, and 21 miles to the 
Osage River, at mouth of Maries Creek, to a 
place formerly called Lisletown. Ferry-boat con- 
stantly here to transfer passengers. Lisletown is 
the name of a small town which has since disap- 
peared. The State road follows through Osage 
county along the telegraph poles of the Pacific 
Mutual Telegraph Company, now called Postal 
Telegraph Company. Telegraph offices at Linn, 
Osage County, and Drake, Gasconade' County, and 
Union, in Franklin County. The roads are mostly 
dirt, very rough and hilly, but in fair condition 
from May to October, and impassable the balance 
of the time. Westphalia south to Koeltztown, 12 
miles, and west to Babbtown, 19 miles, good in sum- 
mer. Linn north to Chamois, 17 miles ; via Flora, 5 
miles; Bailey's Creek, 8 miles, hilly, only fair. 
Westphalia southeast toLeBoeuf,14 miles; Jersey, 17 
miles; Steen's Prairie, Maries County, 21 miles, 
rough and hilly. Linn north to Medora post-office, 
12 miles; via Luystown, 5 miles, fair in summer. 
Westphalia northwest to Jefferson City, 15milesfsee 
Cole County report). Linn northeast to Gasconade, 
25 miles. Linn northwest to Dauphin, 10 miles. 
Linn southwest to Westphalia, 9 miles; west to 



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Castle Rock, 19 miles, and Jefferson City', 30 miles 
(see Cole County report). Lhm southwest to 
Vienna, 24 miles; via Rich Fountain, 8 miles. 

Hotels: Linn, Union Hotel, Hotel Boillot, Man- 
sion Hotel; Loose Creek, a small hotel kept by Mrs. 
W. Daube. Rates generally $1.25 per day. 

OZARK. 

^On the Arkansas border, west of Howell and east 
of Taney Counties, in a wild and mountainous 
region. Roads- scarce and crossed by numberless 
unbridged creeks and streams. M. H. Hutchison, 
County Surveyor, kindly reports: Isabella northeast 
to Rock Bridge, 18 miles, hilly and rough. Gaines- 
ville, the county seat, southeast to Bakerneld, 20 
miles, rough and hilly, crossing the big north fork 
of White River, ferrying when waters are flush. 
Gainesville northeast to Bora, 22 miles, hilly and 
rough. Gainesville north to Rock Bridge, 18 miles, 
crossing hills and hollows. Gainesville northwest to 
Thornfield, 16 miles, hilly. Gainesville southwest to 
Isabella 12 miles of rough, hilly and muddy road. 
Isabella west to Protein, TaneyCounty, 15 miles, cross- 
ing creeks and hills, and to Forsyth 20 miles more. 
Theodosia to Thornfield, north 11 miles, mostly high 
and gravelly. Thornfield northeast to Rock Bridge, 
15 miles, reasonably fair in dry weather. 

Hotels: Gainesville has two, Bakerneld one; 
rates reasonable. 

PEMISCOT 

Southeast corner, partly swampy. The County 
clerk kindly reports: Gayoso northeast to New 
Madrid, 25 miles, level road. Gayoso northwest to 
Portageville, New Madrid County, 15 miles ; via 



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Fisher, 13 miles, reasonably good all the year. 
Gayoso southeast to Cottonwood Point, 18 miles; 
via Caruthersville, 6 miles, first 6 miles good all 
the year, balance straight and good most of the 
year! Gayoso south to Cottonwood Point, 35 miles ; 
via Braggadocio, 11 miles; Covington, 19 miles; 
Cooter, 27 miles, reasonably good most of the time. 
Gayoso to Little River, 15 miles, good for half the 
year, all dirt and level; and to Kennett, 28 miles. 
Gayoso northeast to Riddle's Point, 17 miles. Pt. 
Pleasant, New Madrid County, south to Stewart, 8 
miles. Gayoso northwest to Clarkton, Dunklin 
County, 25 miles. Cooter south to county line, 5 
miles. Braggadocio north 2 miles, and east 12 
miles, to Caruthersville. 

Hotels: Good accommodations at Gayoso, Caruth- 
ersville and Cottonwood Point, at cheap rates. 

PERRY. 

In southeast part of State, on the Mississippi 
River. County clerk kindly reports: Perryville is 
ths county seat, and centrally located. Perryville 
to Clary ville north, opposite Chester, 111., on the 
Mississippi, 13 miles, good dirt road in dry weather, 
very muddy in winter. Perryville northwest 
through Brewer, 6 miles, to St. Mary's, 14 miles, 
dirt road. Perryville south to Biehle, 12 miles, 
dirt road. Perryville southeast to Longtown, 7 
miles; Uniontown, 12 miles, Appleton, 13 miles, 
dirt road. Perryville southeast to Schall's, 13 miles; 
Frohna, 16 miles, dirt; to Altenburg, 18 miles; 
Wittenberg, on the Mississippi River, 27 miles, 
macadamized, and gravel road. Perryville southwes t 
to Silver Lake, 10 miles, dirt road. Silver Lake to 
Yount's Store, southwest, 7 miles, mostly natural 



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gravel road ; east to Biehle, 13 miles ; Uniontown, 20 
miles; Frohna, 28 miles, dirt road. Brewer to 
Olaryville, 12 miles, dirt; some bad places are mac- 
adamized. Altenburg, south to New Wells, Cape 
Girardeau County, 8 miles, fair dirt road. Union- 
town northeast to Brazeau, 5 miles; Seventy-six, 11 
miles, fair dirt road. Perryville east to Grand 
Eddy, 10 miles, fair dirt road. Perryville northeast 
to Bois Brule, 11 miles, fair dirt road. Biehle south- 
east to Appleton, Cape Girardeau County, 8 miles, 
fair. Appleton northeast to Uniontown, Perry 
County, 2 miles, fair. Longtown east to Schall' s, 6 
miles. The principal streams in the county are 
bridged. Roads generally hilly, but not steep; 
good traveling in dry weather. 

Hotels: Perryville, West Chester Hotel, Hoos 
Hotel, Tucker House, East Side Hotel and Picout 
Hotel; Altenburg, Wagner's Hotel; Wittenberg, 
Nennert Hotel; Uniontown, Untereiner Hotel; Clary- 
ville, two. each $1 per day. Lodging can be had 
in all the other towns. 

PETTIS. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

In the exact center of the State. Sedalia, the 
Queen of the Prairies, is the county seat and the 
headquarters of the "Sedalia Cycle Club." W. H. 
Reynolds and P. J. Looney kindly helped to make 
up the below combined report : Sedalia has 12 miles 
of good paved streets, and being quite a business 
center, the roads leading into the country are good 
the greater part of the year. It is a live, progress- 
ive, modern city, 20,000 inhabitants, good hotels, 
electric street railway, electric lights and a celebra- 
ted "kite shaped" race track, also half mile bicycle 



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track. A long touring route starts at Sedalia and 
leads to Clarksville, 175 miles northeast. (See Pike 
County report.) Sedalia east to Smithton, Smiles, 
good prairie ; 7 miles further to Otterville, Cooper 
County, same class of road. Sedalia west to Dres« 
den, 8 miles, Lamonte 6 miles further; good prairie; 
to Knob Noster, Johnson County, 8 miles further, 
and 8 miles additional to Warrensburg and Pertle 
Springs. Sedalia southwest to Green Ridge, 14 
miles ; Windsor, Henry County, 22 miles, and 20 
miles more to Clinton, extra fine roads nearly all 
the time, and almost without a hill. Sedalia north 
to Georgetown, 3 miles, and northwest to Hugh v es- 
ville, 13 miles; Houstonia, 19 miles, and north to 
McAllister Springs, 25 miles, all good level road. 
Last named place is a prominent summer resort, 
and has a fine hotel. Houstonia, northwest to Sweet 
Springs, Saline County, 8 miles, and 18 miles to 
Higginsville, Lafayette County; all good, smooth 
dirt prairie road. Sedalia northeast to Beanian, 6 
miles; Clifton City, 14 miles, and Pilot Grove, 25 
miles, road very good; follows line of M..K. & T. R. 
R., 15 miles further to Boonville, Cooper County. 
•Sedalia northeast to Petersburg, 24 miles, fair, hilly 
dirt road; to Boonville, 12 miles further, same kind 
of road. Sedalia north to Marshall, Saline County, 
45 miles, good prairie roads, with few hills. Sedalia 
south to Warsaw, Benton County, 45 miles, fair 
dirt, clay and gravel road, somewhat hilly ; Lamonte 
north to Rowletta, 9 miles; Sweet Springs, Saline 
County, 17 miles, All roads about Sedalia are 
good during seven or eight months of the year, and 
excellent during June, July, August, September 
and October. All streams in the county are 
bridged. 



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Hotels: Sedalia, Sicher's Hotel, L. A. W. $1.50 
per day, meals, 35 cents, lodging, 50 cents; 
McAllister' Springs, Hoffman House, $2 per day; 
Houstonia, L. A. W., Boyles House, $1 per day, 
meals and lodging, 25 cents. Small towns each 
have a good hotel. Consuls: Sedalia, W. H. Rey- 
nolds, 410 Ohio St. ; Houstonia, W. E. Quisenberry. 
Repair shops: Sedalia, Harry A. James, 202 W. 
2d St. 

PHELPS 

Southeast of center, in the iron region. Rolla is 
the county seat. J. A. Spilman kindly reports: 
Rolla northeast to St. James, 10 miles, first two 
miles rough dirt road, balance good. St. James to 
Cuba, 12 miles northeast, mostly good road in dry 
weather. St. James south and southeast to Big 
Meramee Spring, 6 miles, fair dirt road. THis is a 
wonderful spring, emitting 7.4,000,000 gallons of 
water every twenty-four hours, fine place for 
camping, hunting and fishing. Rolla southeast to 
Salem, Dent County, 28 miles, hilly, dirt, fair; 
creeks not bridged. Rolla south to Licking, Texas 
County, 37 miles, nearly all good, clay road; con- 
tinues to Houston, 51 miles. This is an old stage 
road and continues via Hutton Valley, 73 miles, to 
West Plains, 89 miles from Rolla. Rolla north to 
Vichy, Maries County, 13 miles, good, dirt road, in 
dry weather. Rolla northwest to Vienna, Maries 
County, 25 miles. Rolla west to Newburg, 8 miles; 
Arlington, 13 miles, and south to Spring Creek, 14 
miles more, fair road. Rolla southwest to Spring 
Creek, 20 miles, hilly, fair dirt road ; continues to 
Waynesville, 32 miles, no bridges. Rolla west to 
"Waynesville, Pulaski County, 35 miles, hilly, fair; 



176 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

no bridge, except Arlington bridge on the Frisco 
Railroad; cross Gasconade River. Rolla southeast 
to Elk Prairie, 8 miles, very good, and south to 
Titus, 15 miles, good. Rolla southwest to Yancy 
Mills, 13 miles; Edgar Springs, 20 miles; south- 
east to Blooming Rose, 32 miles, fair road. 

Hotels: Rolla, Grant Hotel, $1.25 per day,, 
meals 25 cents and lodging 30 cents; St. James, 
Mrs. Schneider's Hotel; meals 25 cents. At the 
balance of the villages they are nothing extra, and 
cheap rates. Consul, Rolla, J. A. Spilman. 

PIKE. 

A cycling paradise. Seventy- five miles north of 
St. Louis on the Mississippi River. Large parties 
of St. Louis riders frequently come up to spend the 
day riding over the perfect roads and enjoying the 
beautiful scenery. Gaylord Lansdowne kindly re- 
ports : The fine gravel roads are owned partly by 
the county, and partly by a company of farmers 
who know the worth of good roads. The famous 
belt extends over most of the county. Clarksville 
northwest to Dover, 7 miles; 3^ miles south to 
Rockford; 4^ miles southeast to Hut's; b l / 2 miles 
northeast to Clarksville. Louisiana lies 17 miles 
north of Clarksville on the Mississippi, via Dover, 3 
creeks, all bridged. Clarksville south to Paynes- 
ville, 9 miles; via Hut's, 5% miles. Eolia is 15 
miles southwest of Clarksville, via Hut's 5}4 miles, 
and Rockford 10 miles., The roads cutting through 
the country surrounded by the belt are hilly, wild 
and picturescpie. The ride from Clarksville south 
to St. Louis, about 95 miles., is via the pike to 
Eolia, 15 miles, then better take cars (St. Louis 
wheelmen have ridden all the way) to Gilmore, 
St. Charles County; thence via Wabash tracks to 



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St. Charles, and St. Charles pike to St. Louis. 
Louisiana west to Bowling Green, 12 miles, gravel 
road, slight up grade all the way; three shallow 
creeks unbridged. Bowling Green south to Ashley, 
7 miles, gravel; via St. Clements, 5^ miles; to 
Jonesburg, Montgomery County, 30 miles, slightly 
hilly, but good clay road; two shallow creeks un- 
bridged. Bowling Green north to Frankford, 15 
miles, common country road; to new London, 5 
miles more. Louisiana northwest to Frankford, 20 
miles, good first 7 miles, pike, but not kept up 
properly; balance quite rough and hilly. Clarks- 
ville to Sedalia route is via Louisiana, 17 miles, 
and Bowling Green, 29 miles; to Vandalia, 38 
miles; Mexico, 72 miles; Columbia, 105 miles; 
Boonville, 130 miles; total, 175 miles. The follow- 
ing 12 roads are all fair dirt, but good only in dry 
weather. Ashley east to Eolia, 13 miles; Prairie- 
ville, 14 miles; Paynesville, 21 miles; Armada, 2& 
miles. Ashley southeast to Louisville, Lincoln 
County, 6 miles. Troy, 27 miles. Ashley south- 
west to Wellsville, Montgomery County, 26 miles ; 
via New Hartford, 6 miles . Bowling Green south- 
west to Mexico, 42 miles; via Curryville, 8 miles. 
Bowling Green northwest to Madisonville, Ralls 
County, 18 miles; via Spencerburg, 13 miles. 
Louisiana west to Madisonville, Ralls County, 25 
miles; via Spencerburg, 19 miles. Louisiana north 
to Hannibal, 30 miles. Frankford northeast to 
Busch, on river, 11 miles; or to Mt. Auburn, furth- 
er south, 11 miles. Bowling Green southwest to 
New Harmony, 12 miles ; Vandalia, Audrain Coun- 
ty, 7 miles more. Bowling Green southwest to 
Estes, 12 miles ; Middletown, Montgomery County, 
24 miles; thence northeast to New Hartford, 12 
12 



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miles more. Bowling Green to Oyrene, 6 miles; 
Edgewood, Smiles; Eolia, 14 miles. 

Hotels: Clarksville, Collins House, L. A. W., 
$1.50 per day; meals or lodging, 40 cents; Louisi- 
ana, Palmer House, $1.50 per day-: meals and 
lodgings, 40 cents; Bowling Green, Palace Hotel. 
Consuls: Louisiana, Gaylord Lansdowne. Repair 
Shop: Louisiana, W. A. Maupin. 

PLATTE. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

On the western border, north of Kansas City 
riding district. D. T. Polk kindly reports: Our 
county has passably good roads of clay and loam, 
and streams are all bridged where there are steep 
banks. St. Joseph to Kansas City route runs via 
Halleck, Buchanan County, 13 miles; Newmarket, 
20 miles; thence 30 miles south to Platte City; 
Barry, Clay County, 39 miles; Harlem, 45 miles; 
and across the river to Kansas City. Another 
prominent road from St. Joseph to Kansas City 
is Newmarket to Dearborn, 2 miles; Camden Point, 
7 miles; Smithville, 18 miles; thence south to 
Harlem, 30 miles, good loam and moderately hilly 
road. The road from Platte City to Kansas City, 
30 miles; via Hampton, 8 miles; Barry, 16 miles, 
is poor most of the way. Platte City northwest 
to Weston, 7 miles, turnpike road. Weston north- 
east to Plattsburg, 30 miles; via Edgerton, 18 
miles, moderately rolling, in good repair; bridge 
over Platte River at Union Mills. Liberty, Clay 
County, west to Leavenworth, Kan., 30 miles; via 
Weston northwest to Atchison, Kan., 17 miles. 
Platte City north to Camden Point, 8 miles ; Dear- 
born, 15 miles, fair but hilly. Parkville northwest 



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to East Leavenworth, 18 miles, bottom road and 
very bad in wet weather. Parkville northeast to 
Liberty, 20 miles, poor road. Parkville northeast 
to Barry, 12 miles, part good, balance rough and 
hilly. Hampton southeast to Parkville, 8 miles, 
bad most of the way. Weston north to De Kalb, 
Buchanan County, 14 miles, small part good, 
balance rough and hilly. The last six roads have 
been worked with a grader, and while hilly and 
somewhat rough, are uot unridable. The land is 
gently rolling, except in west part which is rather 
hilly. All roads leading towards Atchison, Kan., 
except the one leading up Missouri River bluff 
from Weston, are very hilly and in bad repair. 
Parkville 11 miles southeast to Kansas City, 
very bad. 

Hotels: Platte City, Perry House, $1 per day; 
Mrs. Baker's, L. A. W. $1.50 per day, meals, 35 
cents and lodging, 50 cents ; Weston has an elegant 
hotel, $2 per day; Parkville, "The Mitchell," and 
Mrs. De Ford's, each $1 per day. Consul, Platte 
City, D. T. Polk. 

POLK. 

In southwestern part of State. The County 
Clerk kindly reports: There is much uncultivated 
and hilly land. Bolivar, the county seat, lies 30 
miles north of Springfield, with which it is con- 
nected by a rocky, dirt road, three-quarters of 
which is prairie, balance hilly; timber in spots. 
There are two creeks, one bridged and the other 
not. Bolivar east to Buffalo, Dallas County, 20 
miles, 9 miles rough and rocky, balance good level 
prairie road; via Burns, 6 miles; Half Way, 10 
miles. Bolivar west to Fairplay, 10 miles, level 



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dirt road, with a few small hills; and north to 
Donegan Springs, 16 miles; Huniansville, 24 miles. 
Streams crossed in reaching Buffalo and Fairplay 
are bridged. Bolivar southeast to Slagle, 6 miles ; 
Brighton, 13 miles. Bolivar southeast to Pleasant 
Hope, 15 miles; Goodnight, 17 miles. Bolivar 
south to Morrisville, 10 miles; Gresbam, 14 miles. 
Bolivar southwest to Graydon Spring, via Morrisville. 
creek bridged, 13 miles ; Bolivar south to Wishart, 9 
miles; Graydon, 12 miles; Frisco, 13 miles; and 
Buckley, 15 miles. Bolivar southwest to Aldrich, 
9 miles, and northwest to Shady Grove, 12 miles. 
Bolivar southwest to Sharon Gulf, 14 miles; 
Walnut Grove, 19 miles. Bolivar north to Her- 
mitage, 27 miles, dirt road. Bolivar northwest to 
Humansville, 18 miles, dirt road. Bolivar south- 
west to Dadeville, 18 miles; via Orleans, 9 miles, 
dirt road. Bolivar northeast to Linn Creek, 55 
miles, dirt road. Humansville southwest to Stock- 
ton, 15 miles. Humansville east to Sentinel 
Prairie, 17 miles. Bolivar north to Sentinel 
Prairie, 16 miles. 

Hotel: Bolivar, Hendricks House, $2 per day. 

PULASKI. 

Southwest of center, and roads are poor. A road 
runs from Waynesville southwest to Bellefont 9 
miles; Lebanon, 25 miles; and Woodbury, 49 miles; 
to Marshfield, 60 miles. This road is generally 
hilly, clay, poor, with three unbridged creeks. 
Dixon, in northern part of county, west to Han- 
cock, 5 miles, rough and hilly, only passable in 
dry weather; to Richland, 27 miles; via Crocker, 
12 miles, rough and hilly. Richland southwest 
to Lebanon, 22 miles, mostly rouerh and hilly. 



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Waynesville northwest to Linn Creek, Camden 
County, 40 miles, clay and gravel, fair; via 
Richland, 12 miles. Dixon northeast to Vienna, 
Maries County, 20 miles, good only in dry weather, 
crossing bridgeless creeks. Waynesville north to 
Crocker, 11 miles. Waynesville north to Hancock, 
13 miles. Waynesville east and north to Dixon, 20 
miles. Dixon south and east to Rolla, 22 miles. 
Waynesville northeast to Rolla, 30 miles. Waynes- 
ville southeast to Spring Creek, Phelps County, 
13 miles. Waynesville south to Roby, Houston 
County, 25 miles. Waynesville south to Bailey, 
16 miles; Cookville, 18 miles. Waynesville north- 
west to Swedeborg, 10 miles. Crocker northwest 
to Hawkeye, 8 miles; Brumley, Miller County, 
18 miles. Waynesville southwest to De Bruin, 7 
miles; Hazle Green, Laclede County, 17 miles. 
Waynesville southeast to Tribune, 8 miles; Big 
Piney, 12 miles. 

PUTNAH. 

On the Iowa border, near center of State. Roads 
in this county are generally rough. County Clerk 
kindly reports : Unionville southwest to Xenia, 
6 miles, nearly level dirt road. Xenia northwest to 
Central City, 9 miles, fair; to St. John, 14 miles, 
hilly, but fair, and 6 miles further east to Powers- 
ville, fair, level dirt road. Unionville northeast 
to Howland, 5 miles, rough. Powersvill© northeast 
to Mendota, 4 miles, generally rough. Unionville 
west to West Liberty, Q% miles, rough. Unionville 
to Hartford, 10 miles east, hilly, but fair clay; 
southeast to Graysville, 14 miles, hilly, but fair; to 
Martinstown, 17 miles, hilly, clay; continues 20 
jniles further to Kirksville, Adair County. The 



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following are all fair roads in dry weather: Powers- 
ville to Lucerne, 6 miles south on railroad. Hart- 
ford northeast to Lancaster, Schuyler County, 22 
miles. Hartford southwest to Xenia, 14 miles ; to 
Trenton, Grundy County, 40 miles further. Men- 
dota east to Lancaster, Schuyler County, 22 miles. 
Powersville southeast to Hai'tford, 15 miles. West 
Liberty southwest to Newtown, Sullivan County, 
11 miles. Powersville southwest to Princeton, 
Mercer County, 36 miles. Xenia south to Milan, 
Sullivan County, 16 miles. Unionville southeast 
to Greene astle, Sullivan County, 20 miles. Hartford 
southwest to Greencastle, 20 miles. West Liberty 
north to St. John, 6 miles. West Liberty south- 
west, to Central City, 5 miles; Terre Haute, 11 
miles, and west to Ravanna, Mercer County, 24 
miles. Unionville northeast to Omaha, 14 miles. 
A place called Wyureker, or postoffice named 
Ayersville, formerly existed about a mile from 
Powersville, but is now out of existence; suppose 
the same roads now start from Powersville. The 
west and central parts of the county are prairie, 
eastern part timber. 

Hotels: Powersville, Riddle House and Powers- 
ville Hotel, $1 each per day; Swenson, two hotels. 

RALLS. 

Lies on the Mississippi river, north of Pike 
County, and has a number of long roads, most of 
which are fair. The county clerk kindly reports: 
New London southeast to Frankford, Pike County, 
8 miles, which is moderately good. Frankford 
southeast to Louisiana, 16 miles, fair, gravel road. 
Frankford south to Bowling Green, 15 miles, rock 
and gravel road. New London northeast to Han- 



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nibal, 9 miles, gravel pike, hilly, streams bridged. 
Hannibal southwest to Spalding, 12 miles, gravel 
pike, smooth, except 2 miles, near Spalding. New- 
London southwest to Perry, 20 miles, prairie, 
smooth; via Center, 10 miles. New London south 
to Vandalia, Audrain County, 25 miles, dirt, one 
half prairie, balance rough and hilly; crosses 
Spencer Creek, no bridge. New London east to 
Saverton, on Mississippi river, 10 miles, dirt road, 
rough and very hilly. New London northwest to 
Spalding, 12 miles, not very good, some rocks and 
hills; Salt River, no bridge, and north to Rens- 
selaer, 15 miles, bad for 1 mile, near Spalding, 
balance good, and west to Hassard, 22 miles; 
Monroe City, 27 miles, good dirt road. New Lon- 
don west to Hatch, 15 miles, rough all the way, but 
no hills or rocks; southwest to Utley, 22 miles, and 
south to Perry, total, 28 miles, rough, hills and 
rock. New London northwest to Wither' s Mill, 
Marion County, 12 miles; 5 miles via the New 
London and Hannibal pike, balance dirt, smooth. 
New London northwest to Ely, Marion County, 12 
miles, about the same. Perry northwest to Florida, 
Monroe County, 10 miles, dirt, rough, hilly and 
rocky, and west to Paris, 13 miles more. Perry 
north to Monroe City, 20 miles, dirt most of the 
distance, rough and hilly, Salt River to cross, no 
bridge, north end smooth prairie. Perry southwest 
to Mexico, Audrain County, 16 miles, dirt, fair. 
Perry south to Laddonia, Audrain County, 12 miles, 
prairie, smooth. Perry east to Madisonville, 10 
miles, smooth prairie, except 1 mile, on east end, 
which is hilly and rocky, and north to New London, 
12 miles more. New London west to Cincinnati, 15 
miles, rough, hilly and rocky. Cincinnati north- 



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west to Monroe City, 12 miles, very rough, hilly 
aud rocky, except last 5 miles, which are smooth. 

Hotels: New London, Park Hotel; Center, Hotel 
Ellis; Perry, Hopkins Hotel; Hannibal, Park 
Hotel; Vandalia, Glascock House. 

RANDOLPH. 

Near the center of state, north of Boone County. 
A number of good dirt roads radiate from Moberly. 
Roscoe MeCanne kindly reports: Moberly east to 
Harris' Springs, Monroe County, 10 miles, some 
hills for first 3 miles, which are easily ridable, 
except hill on east side of bridge, crossing creek; 
from there to Harris' Springs the road is level 
prairie, and is always fine, except just after rain. 
Harris' Springs northeast to Paris, 18 miles, some- 
what broken, but good riding after the middle of 
July. In the fall this road is fine, and the scenery 
is very pretty. Moberly north to Cairo, 6 miles; 
Jacksonville, 12 miles; Macon City, 24 miles, 
smooth, level prairie, and affords fine wheeling 
when not too dusty. About 5 miles out from Macon 
the hills begin, and the railroad, which runs paral- 
lel to the highway, affords a change, and is easily 
ridable. Moberly southeast to Renick, 6 miles; 
Clark, 12 miles; Sturgeon, 19 miles; Centralia, 26 
miles; Thompson's, Audrain County, 35 miles; 
Mexico, 43 miles. This road is level prairie all the 
way, except between the two last named towns, 
where a few small hills are encountered. Moberly 
west to Huntsville, 7 miles; Randolph Springs, 11 
miles, good, hard surface, with easy hills. Two 
"corkers," however, just before reaching Randolph 
Springs. Prom Randolph Springs west to Clifton, 
4 miles, road runs through bottom and up long, 



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gradual hill, 2 miles, thence west to Salisbury, 10 
miles, through timbered hills, gradually comiug out 
■on high prairie. Good road in the fall of the year. 
Moberly southwest to Glasgow, 33 miles, good, hilly, 
dirt road. Moberly south to Higbee, 12 miles; via 
Elliott, 5 miles; hills easy riding; one small stream, 
no bridge, and 16 miles more to Fayette. All the 
below mentioned are fair dirt roads. Moberly 
northeast to Levick's Mill, 13 miles; to Shelby ville, 
40 miles. Huntsville southwest to Mt. Airy, 7 
miles ; to Roanoke, 13 miles. Higbee east to 
■Clark, 9 miles. Levick's Mill west to Jacksonville, 
7 miles; Hubbard, 20 miles. Moberly northwest to 
Darksville, 15 miles; to Hubbard, 23 miles. 
Moberly northwest to Thomas Hill, 20 miles. 
Moberly south to McMullen, 9 miles. Darksville 
north to College Mound, Macon County, 7 miles. 

Hotels: Moberly, Miller's Merchants L. A. W. 
Hotel, $1.50 per day; Huntsville, Rutherford 
House; Centralia, Globe Hotel, rates, $2 per day. 

Local Consul: Moberly, Roscoe McCanne, 305 
Reed street. 

RAY. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

In western part of state, north of Missouri river 
and west of Carroll County. Mr. B. McDonald 
kindly reports: Nearly all the roads are rough and 
hilly, and almost all streams bridged. Richmond 
north to Knoxville, 15 miles, rough and hilly, and 
to Polo, 23 miles; Kingston, 30 miles. Richmond 
northeast to Millville, 12 miles; Tinney's Grove, 21 
miles. Northwest from Millville to Tatesville, 4 
miles, or southwest to Knoxville, 5 miles, all dirt 
roads. Richmond south to Henry, 5 miles, mostly 



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level bottom. Richmond east to Hardin, 8 miles, 
mostly level bottom to Norborne, Carroll County, 15 
miles, and Carrollton, 10 miles further. Richmond 
northeast to Morton, 7 miles. Richmond north- 
west to Swanwick, 4 miles ; Heller Station, 7 miles ; 
Yibbard, 18 miles; Lawson, 22 miles; Plattsburg, 
Clinton County, 40 miles. Knoxville west to Con- 
verse, Clinton County, 15 miles; Lathrop, 20 miles; 
Plattsburg, 28 miles. Richmond southeast to Lex- 
ington Junction, 5 miles ; Lexington, 10 miles, and 
Higginsville, 15 miles more. Richmond southwest 
to Camden, 6 miles. Richmond southwest to Orrick, 
9 miles. Richmond northwest to Crab Orchard, 8 
miles; Excelsior Springs, 15 miles, and southwest 
to Liberty, 13 miles more. Vibbard north to 
Elmira, 9 miles. Morton north to Tinney's Grove, 
16 miles. Morton northwest to Millville, 7 miles. 
Millville north to Georgeville, 7 miles, and east to 
Tinney's Grove, 8 miles. Hardin north to Wilmott, 
13 miles, and Tinney's Grove, 20 miles. 

Hotels: Richmond, Hotel Richmond. Good 
meals can be had at all the other towns, 25 cents 
each, and including bed, $1 per day. 

Consul: Richmond, B. McDonald. 

REYNOLDS. 

In southeastern part of state, west of Iron County. 
The county clerk and W. L. Beyersdorff, attorney- 
at-law, kindly report roads as tough. Centeiville 
west to Eminence, 48 miles, mostly hilly and rocky, 
mountain road, no bridges, and Current River to 
cross. Centerville northwest to Salem, 46 miles, 
rocks, hills and creeks; west fork of Black River 
to cross about twenty times; via West Fork, 14 
miles; Greeley, 22 miles; or south route via Bee 



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Fork, 12 miles. Centerville northeast to Ironton, 
via East Fork and Tom Sauk Mountain, 30 miles; 
or 30 miles via Lesterville, 7 miles; Hogan, 20 
miles; Mill Creek, 28 miles; both dirt roads, good 
for this county, no "bridges, east and middle fork of 
Black River to cross a number of times; or 34 miles 
via Lesterville; Graniteville, 29 miles; Middle- 
brook, 31 miles. The valley roads are underlaid 
with natural bed of good gravel, but all hills are 
steep. Centerville north to Edge Hill, 12 miles, 
one large mountain to cross, also middle fork of 
Black River to cross several times, no bridge. 
Centerville to Barnesville, 18 miles, good road for 
this country, no streams. Centerville southeast to 
Piedmont, Wayne County, 36 miles ; via Nashville,. 
10 miles, good road, Black River to cross, no bridge. 
Centerville south to Van Buren, 40 miles; via. 
Logan's Creek, 18 miles; Pine Valley, 24 miles, 
gravel and dirt, few creeks and hills. Roads in 
this county are clay and gravel, mostly the latter. 
Centerville northeast to Caledonia, 26 miles; via 
Black (camp ground), 8 miles; Edge Hill, 12 miles, 
gravel and rocks, fords and hills. Centerville south- 
east to Sabula, on I. M. & S. R. R., 18 miles, mail 
route; via Lesterville, 7 1-2 miles. 

Hotels: Piedmont, Van Buren, Eminence, Salem, 
Caledonia and Middlebrook, each have a good hotel. 
Centerville has two good boarding houses, and Les- 
terville has one; rates about $1 to $1.50 per day. 

RIPLEY. 

In southeastern part of the state. County clerk 
kindly reports : Doniphan northeast to Poplar 
Bluff, 28 miles; via Fair Dealing, 13 miles. Doni- 
phan northwest to Van Buren, 40 miles; via Gran- 



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din, 18 miles, railroad bridge at Current River, 4 
miles south of Van Buren, fair road to Grand in. 
Doniphan west to Alton, 43 miles, good to Fourehee 
Creek, large stream, no bridge, beyond that rough 
and rocky. Doniphan southeast to Neelyville, But- 
ler County, 22 miles; via Barfield, 15 miles, fair in 
summer. Doniphan southwest to Gatewood, 18 
miles, good to Fourehee Creek, balance rough and 
rocky. Doniphan southwest to Dry Springs, 12 
miles, hilly and rocky, but not extra bad, muddy in 
wet weather. Donij^han northeast to Greenville, 
48 miles; via McKinneyville, 12 miles, road fair for 
10 miles, but after that gets steeper all the time. 

Hotels: Doniphan, Dudley House and Commer- 
cial, $150 per day, and Ireland House, $2.00 per 
day. 

ST. CHARLES. 

See special map of St. Charles and Jefferson Counties 
in pocket at end of book. 

Lies northwest of the Missouri River and north of 
■St. Louis County. A frequent riding ground for St. 
Louis cyclers. The roads in the entire county are 
fair. E. P. Hehner, County Clerk, kindly reports: 
St. Charles is connected with St. Louis by ferry 
and St. Charles pike, 21 miles, good road, but some- 
what hilly. You can take either the St. Charles 
rock road or Natural Bridge road, distance about 
the same either way, and numerous small towns and 
inns (see St. Louis County Report) on the route 
where you can stop for refreshments. The two 
roads come together about 3 miles from St Charles, 
both pikes good all the way, but St. Charles rock 
road a trifle the better. From the junction, the 
rock road only continues about 1 mile ; balance to 



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river, sandy bottom, which is hard riding; or, you 
can follow the foot of the hill northward to Wabash 
tracks; thence to. St. Charles. St. Charles north- 
west to St. Peters, 8 miles, over a picturesque hill 
road; thence west to O' Fallon, 12 miles; Gilmore, 
18 miles; Wentzville, 21 miles; Forestel, 26 miles; 
30 miles to Wright City, Warren County, and 38 
miles to Warrenton, all good clay road, but hilly, 
fine in dry weather; streams all bridged. Good 
route is via Wabash track as far as St. Peters. St. 
Charles northeast to Alton, 111., 22 miles; via Black 
Walnut, 9 miles, and Lamotte Place, opposite 
Alton, on the river, good clay road in dry weather, 
mostly blue gumbo and packs quickly after a rain. 
This is an old stage route, and there is a good 
ferry across the Mississippi at Alton. The town of 
St. Charles has macadamized streets and elegant 
coasting. Coftleville southwest to Weldon Spring, 
3 miles; Hamburg, 7 miles; Sehluerburg, 17 miles; 
Augusta, 23 miles. Hamburg northwest to Mechan- 
icsville, 3 miles; New Melle, 10 miles. St. Peters 
northwest to Groves, 6 miles; Richfield, 10 miles; 
Old Monroe, Lincoln County, 14 miles. Gilmore north 
to Josephville, 3 miles; Enon, 5 miles. Last 4 roads 
all good in dry weather. 

Hotel: St. Charles, Gait House, L. A. W., $1.50 
per day; meals, 35 cents; lodging, 50 cents. All 
other towns have good stopping places. 

ST. CLAIR (Missouri). 

Western central portion of State, south of Henry 
and east of Bates. The county has some good prai- 
rie roads, and the larger streams are well bridged. 
Appleton City is the principal town and numerous 
roads lead therefrom. F. P. Hostetter, County 



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Clerk, kindly reports: Appleton City southeast to 
Osceola, the county seat, 30 miles, first 12 miles 
smooth level prairie to Ohio ; southeast to Chalk, 22 
miles, same: thence to Osceola, rough and rocky. 
Appleton City southwest to Rockville, 9 miles, good 
level prairie. Appleton City west to Butler, 25 
miles, first 3 miles to Hudson good, next 3 
miles rough, then 16 miles fine rolling prairie, and 
last 3 miles rough. Appleton City south to Tabor- 
ville, 12 miles, fine dirt road. There are no hills in 
the county except near Osceola. A fine rolling 
prairie road leads from Appleton City northeast to 
Montrose, 8 miles; Laude, 15 miles; Clinton, 22 
miles; same road leads southwest from Appleton 
City to Nevada 30 miles. Osceola, southwest to 
Eldorado Springs, Cedar County, 23 miles, about 
one-third rough. Osceola southeast to Humansville, 
Polk County, 21 miles; via Vista, 5 miles; Rose, 11 
miles; Collins, 14 miles, very fine road. Osceola 
southeast to Hermitage, 24 miles, one-half rough, 
balance fair. Osceola northeast to Warsaw, 25 
miles; via Iconium, 11 miles, rough with many 
hills. Osceola north to Lowry City, 7 miles; Park's 
Grove, 10 miles, good road except 2 miles. Osceola 
southwest to Roscoe, 9 miles; Oyer, 15 miles, 6 
miles rough. Osceola northwest to Johnson City, 
14 miles, 5 miles rough. Osceola west to-Taborville, 
20 miles, very rough road. The roads in this 
county are far above the average, and dry soon 
after a rain. 

Hotels: Appleton City, Hotel Durley; Osceola, 
the Commercial; Schell City, Hotel Duck. Each 
$2 per day. 



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ST. CL/UR COUNTY (Illinois). 

H. G. Wolzendorf, of St. Louis, kindly reports: 
This county lies directly across the river, opposite 
St. Louis, and is part of the riding territory visited 
regularly by St. Louis wheelmen. Can be reached 
either via the Eads Bridge or the Spruce and Carr 
Street ferries. The toll either way is five cents. 
Starting in East St. Louis the run to Belleville is 
probably the most popular. The distance from 
East St. Louis to Belleville is 14 miles, the road is 
macadam and level, with the exception of one hill 
at the Bluffs, 7 miles out. This road, while not ex- 
actly sand papered, averages up fairly well. From 
Belleville to the southeast there are a number of 
good dirt roads which are fairly level and afford 
very pleasant wheeling. Collinsville is 12 miles 
northeast of East St. Louis, can be reached as fol- 
lows: On leaving the bridge, ride out Broadway to 
Collinsville Ave., then turn north and follow the 
main road. Streets in city are macadamized and 
beyond is a worn out pike, which, however, has a 
good side path, and dirt road on side of this. 
About 9 miles out the macadam ends, and road for 
the next 2 miles is sandy. About 1 mile from Col- 
linsville the only hill on the road is met with. 
This hill is about half a mile long and quite steep; 
last half mile into Collinsville is macadam and fine 
surface. Collinsville northeast to Troy, 7 miles, 
slightly hilly, good clay road, to St. Jacob, 14 miles; 
Highland, 20 miles, good level clay roads all the 
way. Highland is 32 miles from St. Louis. Prom 
Highland to the east this road follows the line of the 
Vandalia Railroad entirely across the state to Terre 
Haute, Indiana. This is the best route for long dis- 



192 ROAD AXD HAND BOOK 

tance tourists east and west, who travel via St. 
Louis. East St. Louis northeast to Edwardsville 21 
miles, tough all the way, road mostly level but com- 
posed principally of sand. Best way to go to Ed- 
wardsville is via Collin sville, as these towns are 
connected by a very good clay road, which runs 
along the top of the bluffs. Distance via this route 
is 24 miles. Edwardsville east to Marine, 9 miles;: 
Highland, 18 miles; good clay roads, very few hills. 
St. Louis to Alton: Take North Market Street 
ferry to Venice, Illinois, then take Alton road 
which runs via Naineoki, Long Lake, and Wann to 
Alton; level all the way, with some patches of 
sand but averages up pretty good. Dirt road all 
the way. Distance from St. Louis is 25 miles. 
St. Louis to Lebanon, 26 miles due east, there are 
two routes, one is dirt road all the way via Casey- 
ville and O'Fallon. The other is via Belleville: 
Take the pike in East St. Louis to Belleville, then 
turn north and follow macadam road to Shiloh, 6 
miles, and then over good dirt road to Lebanon, 6 
miles farther. Riders desiring to reach points in 
the southern part of this, and Monroe County, will 
do best by riding down through the City of St. 
Louis to Carondelet, then take Davis Street ferry to 
East Carondelet. From this point to Columbia is 8 
miles ; first four miles is rough level macadam 
road, next 4 miles good clay road. Columbia to 
Waterloo, 9 miles south, good clay road, one big hill 
and a few small grades; Columbia, east and north- 
east to Belleville via Millstadt, 14 miles, somewhat 
hilly, good clay roads, last three miles into Belle- 
ville macadamized. From East St. Louis and Co- 
hokia a number of dirt roads radiate, principally 
to the southeast. These roads get very smooth and 



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hard and afford excellent riding. They are mostly 
short roads and lead nowhere in particular. 

Hotels: Alton, Madison House; Belleville, Belle- 
ville House; Collinsville, good hotel accommoda- 
tion ; Columbia, St. Louis Hotel ; Edwardsville, St. 
James Hotel; Highland, good accommodation; 
Lebanon, Ed Buscher's; Millstadt, good accommo- 
dation; Waterloo, City Hotel. 

ST. FRANCOIS. 

Lies south of Jefferson County. Farmington is 
the center of several "characteristic" roads. The 
County Clerk, of Fredericktown, kindly reports: 
Farmington southeast to Libertyville, 10 miles. 
Farmington southeast to Mine La Motte, 12 miles, 
hilly, clay, poor; Fredericktown, 4 miles more, 
gravel, good. LibertyviKe northeast to Ste. Gene- 
vieve, 40 miles, varied surface, good dirt road, 
bridged. Farmington northwest to Bonne Terre, 
14 miles, hilly, good dirt and rock road, with iron 
bridge across Big Eiver, continues to Valle's 
Mines, Jefferson County, poor ridge road, 12 miles 
more; via Hazel Run, 6 miles from Bonne Terre; 
and 8 miles further to De Soto, level gravel bed 
with easy fords. Farmington northwest to Potosi, 
25 miles, hilly, dirt, rock and gravel; bad, with 
many creeks. Farmington southwest to Arcadia, 
28% miles; via Delassus, 3 miles; Doe Run, Smiles; 
Stono, 8% miles ; Iron Mountain, 15 miles ; Middle- 
brook, 18% miles; Pilot Knob, 20 miles; Ironton, 
22 miles, nearly all fair, hilly, gravel and straight 
road. A fair dirt road leads from Farmington 
southeast to Cape Girardeau, 65 miles; via Liberty- 
ville, 10 miles; Paton, 32 miles; Kurreville, 47 
miles, and Jackson, 57 miles. From Jackson to 
Cape Girardeau, good rock road. Bonne Terre to 
13 



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Big River Mills, 5 miles south, very poor road. 
Bonne Terre northeast to French Village. 12 miles, 
fair in dry weather. Libertyville west to Knob 
Lick. 7 miles, fair dirt road in dry weather. Knob 
Lick to Mine La Motte, 8 miles, good dirt road. 
Farmington west to Loughborough, 5 miles ; Bis- 
marck, 11 miles, very poor, via St. Francois County 
gravel road, wooden bridge. Bismarck south to 
Iron Mountain, 6 miles, fair dirt. Bismarck north- 
east to Big River Mills, 13 miles, hilly, dirt. 
Loughborough northwest to village of Flat River, 5 
miles, rough and hilly. Bonne Terre west to 
Mineral Point, Washington County, 12 miles, very 
poor. Bonne Terre northwest to Cadet, Washing- 
ton County, 9 miles, very rough. Farmington east 
to Ste. Genevieve, 28 miles, partly gravel, creeks 
bridged. Libevtyville to Mine La Motte, 8 miles, 
good gravel. Very few bridges in county. 

Hotels: Farmington, European Hotel, L. A. W., 
$2 per day, meals or lodging, 50 cents; Bonne 
Terre, Shepard House, $2 per day ; Bismarck, City 
Hotel, $2 per day. 

STE. GEiNEVIEVE. 

Lies south of Jefferson County on the Mississippi 
River. A. H. Chadwell, County Surveyor, kindly 
reports: Ste. Genevieve, the principal town, south- 
west to Farmington, 28 miles, good, hilly, dirt road ; 
via New Offenburg, 12 miles; Weingarten, 14 miles. 
This is the southwestern route. Ste. Genevieve 
west to Farmington, about 28 miles; via New 
Offenburg, 12 miles. Take north branch, fair dirt 
road. Lawreneeton northeast to Bloomsdale, 7 
miles, good rock creek bottom gravel road. Blooms- 
dale to Ste. Genevieve, 12 miles, good dirt road. 



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Ste. Genevieve southwest to village called River 
Auxvases (Staabtown), 10 miles, good dirt road; to 
Avon, 24 miles; via Coffman, 21 miles. Ste. Gene- 
vieve west to Potosi, 45 miles; via Bonne Terre, 34 
miles, hilly, dirt road. Lawrenceton northwest to 
French Village, 9 miles, good dirt and gravel. 
French Village east 14 miles to Cliff on Mississippi 
River. Bloomsdale northwest to St. Louis, 60 
miles, good dirt road to DeSoto, 34 miles, balance 
pike. Hilly but good to Maxville, balance rolling. 
Coffman southwest to Libertyville, 10 miles, level 
dirt, ; Mine LaMotte, 16 miles, level road ; Frederick- 
town 20 miles, gravel. Ste. Genevieve southeast to 
St. Mary, 10 miles, level dirt road, creeks bridged. 
St. Mary southwest to Farmington, 33 miles; via 
Avon, 20 miles, level dirt road, a few hills about 
10 miles out; 15 miles out this road branch leads 
south 38 miles to Mine La Motte, part creek bottom 
road. St. Mary southwest direct to Mine La Motte, 
35 miles, fair dirt road, hilly. St. Mary south to 
Perryville, 13 miles, good dirt road. Lawrenceton 
a little south of west from Ste. Genevieve, 19 miles; 
via Bloomsdale, fair dirt road. Ste. Genevieve to 
Fredericktown via Coffman and Libertyville, 37 
miles. Ste. Genevieve to Festus and Crystal City 
via Bloomsdale, 30 miles, good dirt road, somewhat 
hilly. 

Hotels: Ste. Genevieve, Meyer and Vorst hotels, 
$1 each per day. 

ST. LOUIS. 

See special map in pocket at end of book. 

This is by far the principal riding district, and 
the map published herewith shows nearly all of the 
riding territory, outside of the city of St. Louis. 



196 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

The rock roads shown on the map are specially 
designated, and the principal dirt roads are all 
included. H. G-. Wolzendorf, J. R. Bettis, C. M. 
Case and other wheelmen, kindly report: A special 
guide is necessary to take the visiting wheelmen 
over the many miles of magnificent drives and 
boulevards of the city. St. Louis, in the past 15 
years, has changed its position from being the 
worst paved city to one of the best in the country. 
There are now about 100 miles of granite streets, 
the entire business portion being paved with that 
material. In the residence portion there are 25 miles 
each of wood block and asphalt, and the boulevard 
and park drives are Telford. All other streets are 
Telford and kept in good repair the entire year. 
The city authorities recognized the bicycle as a 
carriage years ago, consequently there are no 
undue restrictions placed on wheelmen, they having 
full and free access to any drive or public park 
used by vehicles of any description, without the 
necessity of obtaining special permits, or wearing 
badges, lamps, bells, etc. The following Telford 
roads radiate from the city into the surrounding 
country: Starting with the most northern, the 
Columbia Bottom road is a continuation of Broad- 
way, starting at Baden-Baden following the 
Mississippi river, past the new and extensive water 
works now being finished at a place called "Chain 
of Rocks," some small rapids on west side the river, 
about 11 miles, fair rock road all the way. This is 
a very interesting place to visit, the pumps being 
some of the largest in the country. This macadam- 
ized road continues 3 or 4 miles further, thence 
only a fair dirt road to Missouri River about 5 
miles additional. About 1-2 mile beyond the 



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macadam, at O'Neal, a cross road connects with 
Bellefontaine road about 4 miles. Another cross 
road 1-2 mile further connects with Spanish P. O. 
road, thence southwest to Bellefontaine road about 
3 miles. Spanish P. 0. road continues north about 
3 or 4 miles to Missouri Biver. We come next to 
the Bellefontaine road, which is reached by riding 
north" on Broadway, or take Grand Avenue north 
to Florisant Avenue, to O'Fallon. Park, and a 
pleasant ride through the park to the northeast 
gate brings us to the Bellefontaine road, which 
runs north to Spanish Lake, some 14 miles from 
the courthouse. Four miles farther to the Mis- 
souri Biver. The road presents a rolling surface, 
is fair and can be used by wheelmen. 

The Hairs Ferry road branches off from the 
Bellefontaine at Baden, 6 miles from the court- 
house, and leads in a northwesterly direction to 
Musick Ferry on the Missouri River, about 18 
miles distant. The road leads through a beautiful 
rolling country and presents a generally fair sur- 
face, though some parts are rutty. Musick' s 
Ferry is one of the most picturesque spots in the 
vicinity of St. Louis, and at the hospitable resi- 
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Warren, at the ferry, the 
latch-string is always out for the wandering 
wheelman. About 5 miles out the last road, a 
branch (old Hairs Ferry road) leads northwest to 
Black Jack, 13 miles, thence west to Musick' s 
Ferry, 20 miles, bad road, macadamized for 3 
miles only. 

The Natural Bridge road starts on Grand Avenue, 
and forms the southern boundary of the Fair 
Grounds, runs in a northwestern direction through 
Normandy, 8 miles, and Bridgeton, 14 miles, con- 



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necting with the St. Charles road a short distance 
"beyond Pattonville, 17 miles. This road was for- 
merly little traveled by wheelmen, but has lately 
"been kept in good condition, and the fine macadam 
surface affords some elegant coasting. At Nor- 
mandy a good rock road branches northeast and leads 
through Ferguson, 12 miles, to Florisant, 16 miles. 
This run is recommended, as the surface is very fine, 
"but the accommodations at Florisant are rather 
poor. This road runs through a beautiful country, 
and can be used for taking the Musick Ferry run, 
there being a good clay road from Florisant east to 
the Hall's Ferry road, distance 2 miles. There is 
also a good level dirt road from Florisant southwest 
to Bridgeton, 3 miles. 

There is a dirt road starting just east of where 
Ferguson road passes under Wabash railroad bridge 
and leading over to the Natural Bridge road, 4 
miles, at Carsonville, passing Ramona Park on the 
way very hilly and rough, thence to St. Charles 
rock road 1 mile further and Olive Street road 3 
miles additional, thence to Manchester road 4 miles 
further, rough most of the way. 

The St. Charles rock road is a continuation of 
Easton avenue, and brings the tourist to the town 
from which it takes its name, on the Missouri river, 
23 miles from St. Louis. This road can best be 
reached by taking Lindell Boulevard to Union ave- 
nue, then north about 1 1-2 miles; by this route 2 
miles of double cable track and rutty streets are 
avoided. The road leads jjast Rinkelville, 6 miles; 
Camp Marion, 12 miles; Hartville, 14 miles, and 
Pattonville, 17 miles, through a hilly country, and 
has a good macadam surface to the Missouri river 
bottom, then over sandy bottom road for 2 miles to 



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the ferry landing at St. Charles. The bottom road, 
except in wet weather, is always ridable, but heavy. 
Fare at ferry, 10 cents. Pattonville southeast to 
Mokeville, 4 miles; follow Olive street pike to 
Chapman, 8 miles; west to Belief ontaine (Hilltown), 
15 miles. Hunt avenue, a good, level macadam 
road, leads north from the 7-mile house on St. 
Charles road to Normandy, 1 1-2 miles, on Natural 
Bridge road. Hunt avenue continues north 2 miles, 
dirt road, and then runs northeast, and is macada- 
mized again for 1 1-2 miles to Hall's ferry road. 
From Rinkelville to Ferguson, 6)^ miles, wheeling 
good. From electric railway crossing in Nor- 
mandy to postoffice in Ferguson, 3j^ miles, excel- 
lent road. At Ferguson a man keeps a grocery 
store and saloon (closed on Sunday) and boarding 
house. He has the name of serving good, plain 
meals, 25 cents; everything clean. 

The Olive street road is a continuation of Olive 
street and Delmar avenue ; runs nearly due west to 
the Missouri river, 32 miles. The favorite way to 
reach this road is out Delmar boulevard. The road 
varies- from level to rolling, and is for the most part 
very good. There are small postoffices strung out 
every mile or two, the most important of which are 
Sutter, 7 miles; Central, 10 miles; Creve Coeur, 18 
miles; Belief ontaine (or Hilltown), 20 miles, and 
Gumbo, 26 miles, and Bonhomme, 28 miles. Good 
meals at Bonhomme. Beyond Bellefontaine (Hill- 
town) the road for about 10 miles is as nearly per- 
fect as it is possible to be, but after leaving the 
macadam in the bottom it becomes very sandy. 
From the banks of the Missouri a beautiful view of 
the rugged, broken St. Charles County scenery can 
be had. 



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The north and south road starts at the Olive road, 
near Central postoffiee ; and runs south to Clayton, 
the county seat, 2 miles; to Webster Groves, 6 
miles, one of the most beautiful of St. Louis' sub- 
urban villages; the road crosses the Clayton road 3 
miles from Olive street road and Manchester road, 
4 1-2 miles, and has a good gravel surface, with 
but three hills to climb. From Gumbo, 26 miles 
out Olive street road, south to Gumbo station, on 
St. L., K. C. & Colo. R. R., cne half mile, gravel 
road, and southeast to Ballwin, via Kehr's Mill 
road, 7 miles, fair road. From Old Bonhomme, 28 
miles out the Olive street road, west one half mile, 
then south 1 1-2 miles, to Eatherton (now Bon- 
homme station), on the St. L., K. C. & Colo. R. R., 
then up the hill one half* mile, thence via Wild 
Horse road west, southwest and south, winding, 
picturesque road, to Manchester road, 9 miles; fair 
dirt and gravel road ; some creeks unbridged, but 
easily forded; or east one half mile from top of 
hill, via Eatherton road, south via Orrville to Man- 
chester road at Grover postoffice, 5 miles ; fair road 
in dry weather. The last road strikes the Manches- 
ter road 4 miles farther east than the first one ; or 
via Pond road, about 6 miles, meets Manchester at 
Pond Hotel (good accommodation, at reasonable 
rates), 1 mile farther west. The Wild Horse road 
continues east to Kehr's Mill road, and even on 
further, by a round about route, joining the Olive 
street road just east of Drew, 5 miles in all from 
Eatherton road. _ 

The Clayton road starts at Rock Spring, in the 
western part of the city; can best be reached via 
Lindell boulevard, to Forest Park, then south on 
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through the southeastern part of Forest Park, and 
has a good macadam and gravel surface, some 
delightful coasts and some stiff grades to climb. It 
is. macadamized for a distance of 19 miles, and 
then runs on indefinitely to the west; average clay 
road. The scenery along the entire road is very 
pretty. Price postoffice, 11 miles (good accommo- 
dations here), and Dwyer, 13 miles, are the princi- 
pal villages on the road. From the point where 
macadamized road ends there is a good, though 
very hilly, clay road to Manchester, about 3 miles 
south. This same road runs north to Conway road, 
2 miles, and you can then go east one half mile, or 
west 1 mile and find a road leading north to Olive 
street road. The west road is the shorter. The 
Ballas road, a fine gravel road, with few hills, leads 
from a point 2 miles west of Dwyer south to Des 
Peres on the Manchester road, distance 3 miles; 
also north, fair dirt road to the Olive street road, 3 
miles. 

The New Manchester road is a continuation of 
Chouteau avenue, and has felt the pressure of the 
rubber-tired steed oftener than any road in this 
vicinity. The best way to reach this road is out 
Lindell avenue to Forest Park, then south on east 
edge of park, crossing the Clayton road, and con- 
tinuing one half mile further on King's Highway to 
the Manchester at the 4-mile house. This historic 
highway leads west through a variegated country, 
first, gently rolling near the city, then over hills 
west of Bartolds, and then the long, fine stretch 
from Des Peres to Manchester, including the (to 
the tenderfoot) hair-raising coast down Solomon's 
Hill, then over a long series of hills to the Franklin 
County line, 34 miles from St. Louis courthouse. 



202 EOAD AND HAND BOOK 

From King's Highway to BentOn, 2 miles, the road 
leads through a factory district and is generally 
rutty and dusty. This bad stretch can be avoided 
by going through Forest Park to the Clayton road, 
and west on this to the Benton Cut-off, or through 
middle of Forest Park to the Clayton road, thence 
west to Benton Cut-off (Tamm avenue), thence 
south to Manchester road, one half mile. This road 
is generally all that the most obstinate advocate of 
good roads could desire. Villages are scattered 
along its entire length, the principal ones being 
Bartolcl, 8 miles; Des Peres, 14 miles; Manchester, 
19 miles; Ballwin, 21 miles; a good hotel is kept 
here by Mrs. Busch, a general wheelmen's resort, 
terms reasonable, good accommodations for staying 
overnight; Ellisville, 23 miles; Grover, 25 miles; 
Pond Hotel, 27 miles; Pond Postoffice, 28. miles; 
Fox Creek, 29 miles; Hollow, 31 miles. 

From the Manchester road a number of roads 
branch off to the south. The first of these is the 
Big Bend road, which branches off a short distance 
beyond Benton, and leading to the southwest passes 
through the beautiful suburban villages of Shrews- 
bury, Old Orchard, Shady Side, Glendale, South 
Kirkwood and Meramec Highlands, about 9 miles 
from Manchester road. This last is a summer 
resort, with fine hotel and grounds, on the Meramec 
river, good boating, fishing and swimming. Special 
provision for taking care of wheels. At Old 
Orchard, Lockwood avenue forks to the right to 
Webster Park, one half mile, and Webster Groves, 
1 mile. Big Bend is a fine rock road to Old 
Orchard, and thence to Meramec Highlands, is part 
rock and part clay, all ridable in good weather, 
rolling surface and pretty scenery. 



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The Denny road runs from just east of Dwyer, on 
Clayton road, north to Olive street road ; 3 1-2 miles, 
and south to Manchester road, which ib crosses just 
beyond 11-Mile House, about 3 miles, fair dirt road, 
but from here is a fine macadam and gravel road; 
it runs south through Kirkwood 1 mile from 
Manchester road, to Georgetown, 5 miles, on 
the Gravois road; 1 mile south of Kirkwood it 
crosses the Big Bend; this is the best route 
to Meramec Highlands. The Barrett road leads 
in a southeasterly direction from the foot of 
Solomon's Hill to Barrett station on the Missouri 
Pacific railroad, about 3 miles, and the Meramec 
"Valley. It is a good gravel road, somewhat hilly; 
and also leads to Meramec Highlands, 5 miles, fair 
dirt road. 

From Manchester there is a good clay road which 
leads up "Son-of-a-Gun Hill" (a hard climb for a 
good rider) and on to Valley Park, 4 miles. The 
long hill which leads into Valley Park is very 
treacherous, and riders are cautioned not to lose 
control of their wheels. After crossing the bridge 
over the river there is a fine gravel road which lies 
directly under the bluffs, and follows the tortuous 
windings of the Meramec river for some 6 or 7 
miles, ending near a ford, which, after crossing 
river, brings one to a good dirt road leading to 
Eureka, 34 miles ; Allenton, 37 miles ; to Pacific 
(Franklin), 45 miles. 

Again, starting at west end of Manchester, and 
going up Undertaker Hill (worse than Son-of-a-Gun) 
there is a clay road, very hilly but with good sur- 
face, to Sulphur Springs, 4 miles, another beautiful 
spot on the silvery Meramec river. The view from the 
tops of the bluffs, adjoining this stream, is sublime. 
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204 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

there is a very hilly dirt road, with good surface; 
distance, 5 miles. 

From Ellisville south to St. Paul is 7 miles. The 
first half of the distance is down a pretty valley 
road with good level gravel and clay surface. The 
last half is over three mountains; walking is '"A-l", 
"but the road-bed being gravel and quite smooth, 
does not hurt the feet. This road runs north and 
northeast from Ellisville to Olive Street road, 5^ 
miles only; fair dirt road. 

The Old State Road, % mile further west, runs 
south to a fork 1% miles. East Fork leads down to 
Meramee River (small boat here to be rented to 
get across), thence to Crescent, 6 miles, very hilly, 
but beautiful scenery and a fine trip. West Fork 
leads up back of G-leneoe and on up northwesterly 
to the "Glencoe Lime Kilns." This is rather a 
rough but splendid ride, 5 miles to Kilns, thence via 
either of the following routes to Manchester road or 
to Glencoe, and home on cars if you prefer. Not 
much accommodation for meals at Glencoe. 

Glencoe on the Missouri Pacific Railway can be 
reached from Grover Postoffice, 25 miles on the 
Manchester road via Woods Avenue. Distance 
about 4 miles. Road very hilly and someunbridged 
streams to be crossed, but scenery is beautiful at 
all times of the year, road leading down a valley 
between two limestone hills. 

A second road to Glencoe leaves the Manchester 
road 27 miles out at Pond Hotel, to Glencoe 5 miles. 
It is called Christy Avenue. 

A third road to Glencoe leaves Manchester pike 
about 28 miles out (one-half mile east of where 
Wild Horse road from the north strikes the pike), 
goes down Lime Kiln Hollow; rough, but worth 



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riding to a lover of beautiful scenery, especially in 
spring and autumn. Road goes by Glencoe lime 
kilns, which can be examined by parties interested, 
thence by a large Catholic school to Glencoe, in all 
5^ miles. Creek is crossed about twenty times, 
but only shallow in dry weather, and sometimes 
bed is completely dry. For 100 yards or more road 
leads directly up the creek bed. This road, in fact 
all three of: them, are not ridable after a hard rain. 
Creeks can not then be forded even by a horseman. 
A branch 01 the Missouri Pacific Railroad leads 
from Glencoe up to lime kiln and quarries, follow- 
ing this road, and the track bed can be ridden some 
of the. way. From Glencoe the Missouri Pacific 
track can be ridden west to Eureka, 3 miles, or east 
to Valley Park, 7 miles; good either way., 

A fourth road to Glencoe starts at Manchester 
road about 293^ miles out, about \% or 2 miles east 
of Hollow, southwest, rough and rocky, 6 miles. 
Going to Glencoe over any of these roads is not' as 
bad as coming the other way. The four roads all 
come together about 2 miles from Glencoe, and road 
generally good from there to the railroad station. 
The last is the Melrose road, and northwest via 
Melrose (mail hack starts from here every a. m. 
for St. Louis) 2% miles from Manchester road, 
continues north to Wild Horse creek road 3 miles 
farther, somewhat rough but fair dirt road and can 
easily be ridden. After passing Hollow, a small 
stream called Fox Creek is encountered. Adjoining 
this creek, and crossing and recrossing it a number 
of times, is one of the prettiest roads it has ever 
been the good fortune of any one to ride over. 
This road follows the creek for 4 miles, and has a 
good level surface of gravel and clay to Allenton, 



206 EOAD AND HAXD BOOK 

entirely free from hills, and is beautiful rolling 
country to the west, while monster bluffs loom up 
about one-half a mile to the east. From Allenton 
the road continues west to Pacific, 4 miles : level 
nearly all the way. good mixed surface of gravelly 
clay. This is the only decent route to Pacific 
(Franklin), and riders are advised to leave all 
others severely alone. From Pacific there -is a beau- 
tiful ride out the Catawissa road, which runs west 
for some distance through wild country; fine for 
camping, sketching, hunting and fishing. Mr. James. 
Horrocks reports the following: For a fine, long 
trip, follow Manchester road past county line to 
Gray's Summit, 40 miles, then about 3 miles beyond 
leave rock road, turn southwest and follow Old 
Springfield State, or Three Notch, Road to the 
'Frisco railroad, which it strikes at about St. Clair; 
continue on same road which follows the same rail- 
road to St. James; there take dirt road southeast 6 
miles from St. James to the large spring, from 
which the Meramee River derives much of its water 
supply (road starts direct south from depot). In 
all about 100 to 110 miles. A fair road most of the 
way, and follows railroad track very closely. Bour- 
beuse River can be forded easily. This is a delight- 
ful place to camp out; St. Louis artist sportsmen 
often coming out here for a week or two's vacation. 
The scenery is simply superb, fishing and bathing 
good. The spring is one of the most wonderful in 
the country. The volume of water flowing from 
the spring, according to official figures furnished to 
the U. S. Senate by the U. S. Engineer, December 
1, 1880, is 74,000,000 gallons every twenty-four 
hours. The water is clear, very cold, pure and 
wholesome. The Springfield road can also be 



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reached from Union (11 miles beyond Gray's Sum- 
mit) or from Pacific. 

The Watson road is a long, hilly dirt road, ap.d 
leading to Fenton, leaving Old Manchester road just 
beyond the Poor House, to the southwest, a dis- 
tance of about 15 miles. Frequent cross roads con- 
nect with the Big Bend road north and Gravois 
road south. The road is generally rather rough 
and has a well assorted stock of hills. It can be 
reached via Tower Grove, past Poor House, thence 
southwest. 

The Old Manchester road, a direct continuation 
of Market Street and Manchester Avenue, runs 
southwest through Tower Grove, and past the Poor 
House ; rock road to where the Watson road 
branches south, then continues northwest through 
Clifton Heights, good gravel and then dirt road 1% 
miles from that point through Ellendale, joining the 
new Manchester road a short distance beyond. 

The Gravois road leads out of the southwestern 
portion of the city to Affton, 12 miles ; Georgetown, 
13 miles; Fenton, 17 miles, and beyond 8 or 10 
miles. Can best be reached by riding south on 
Grand Avenue or to Tower Grove Park, thence 
south from Middlegate, via Morgan Ford road. It 
has a fine macadam and gravel surface, and some 
good coasting can be enjoyed. Fenton lies on the 
Meramec River, and is 17 miles from St. Louis. 
From Fenton the road continues on through Jeffer- 
son County to Morse's Mill, 35 miles; Big Spring, 
45 miles, and is very rough and hilly. A fine gravel 
road called the Tesson Ferry starts at Affton, on 
the Gravois road, 12 miles from St. Louis, and runs 
south through pretty country to Butler Lake and 
the Meramec River. This road is connected with 



208 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

the De Soto road by a short dirt cross road, via 
Mehlville, 15 miles, meeting the De Soto at Mattese 
Postoffice, 17 miles. 

Rock Hill road leaves Grayoisroad at Affton, runs 
west and northwest to a junction with the Watson 
and Big Bend roads. Fair dirt road, ridable in 
good weather. 

The Lemay Ferry Road, better known as the De 
Soto, can be reached by riding south on Jefferson 
Avenue to Meramec Street, then west to the String- 
town Road, and south on this to Michigan Avenue, 
following this street south through Carondelet. The 
road leads straight south from the city, to the 
Meramec River and is one of the finest roads in the 
county. The scenery is beautiful, and the long, 
winding hills afford exhilarating coasts. From the 
Meramec River to Bulltown, 12 miles, a series of 
hills are encountered which strike terror to the 
heart of the wheelman who makes his first trip over 
the road. Some of these have been given appropri- 
ate names, such as "Maxville," "Frisco," "Hell 
and Damnation," "Kimmswiek" and "Bulltown." 
From Bulltown to Hillsboro, 12 miles, the grades 
are nearly as steep as the preceding 12 miles. 
From Hillsboro to De Soto, 7 miles, the hills begin 
to moderate, and when the rider has finished the 
46-mile ride (and walk) he justly prides himself in 
having done a good day's work. St. Louis riders 
enjoy the trip, and local club men hail with delight 
the announcement of their captains that there will 
be "a run to De Soto." From Bobringville (Point 
Breeze) 9 miles out on LeMay Ferry road there is a 
good macadam road, called Telegraph Road, lead- 
ing to Oakville, 15 miles; Indian Cave, 17 miles 
southeast, on the banks of the Mississippi River. 



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This is one of the most beautiful spots in St. Louis 
County. This same road followed a few miles 
further leads into the Meramee Bottom, to Kimms- 
wick or Montesano Springs, 27 miles. Mr. Walter 
Scholz reports this road as rock for 5 miles beyond 
Oakville, then a poor dirt road for 1% miles to Iron 
Mountain Railroad tracks, follow tracks to railroad 
bridge across Meramee River (no wagon bridge 
here) and continue down tracks to Montesano 
about 2 or 3 miles below the bridge. There is said 
to be a road from Wick's Station to Montesano, but 
not very good, and hard to find, and no bridge 
across Meramee. 

The last of the St. Louis County macadam roads 
is the one to Jefferson Barracks, 12 miles (also 
reached via Telegraph Road). This is a continua- 
tion of South Broadway, and after crossing the 
River Des Peres is a very good road. From the 
Barracks the road is clay, and continues on for 2 
miles to Indian Cave. Kimmswick can also be 
reached from Kimmswick Hill on De Soto road, east 
6 miles, dirt, very rough ; and also from Maxville, 
southeast^ 6% miles, fair dirt road. All the- above 
roads are macadamized except as noted, and afford 
good wheeling the entire year. In addition there 
are a la?ge number of long dirt roads, leading out 
in every direction, which in the summer and fall 
months afford excellent wheeling, and are often 
used by the clubs on exploration tours, cross- 
country runs, etc. The majority of them are quite 
hilly and abound in picturesque scenery. 

Hotels: Antonia (Bulltown), Dr. Mason, meals 
or lodging, 35 cents ; Ball win, Western, meals, 35 
and 50 cents; lodging, 25 cents; Bartold's, Bar- 
told' s, meals 25 cents; lodging 25 cents; Black 

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Jack, meals and lodging, 25 cents; Bobring- 
ville, see Point Breeze; Bonhomme, meals 50 
cents; Bulltown, see Antonio; Butler Lake, 
John Schmidt, meals or lodging. 35 cents; Clay- 
ton, no lodging, meals 35 cents; Countyhill, 
Oakfield, Mrs. Smith's, meals or lodging, 35 cents; 
Creve Coeur Lake, hotels on both sides of the 
lake, meals or lodging, 40 cents; Fenton, G-. 
Doerges' Hotel, meals or lodging 25 cents; 
Florisant, Hotel De Lisle, meals or lodging, 25 
cents; Hall's Perry, see Musick's Ferry: 
Hollow, meals, 25 cents; lodging per day, 75 
cents; Kirkwood, Armentrout's, $1 per day, 
meals or lodging, 25 cents; Meramec High- 
lands, a fine hotel, meals 75 cents to L. A. W. 
members; regular meals and lodging $3.00 
per day, lodging at $1.00 per day; Musick's 
Ferry (or Hall's Ferry), Mrs. M. Warren, no 
lodging; meals 25 cents; Oakville, J. H. 
Schorn, meals or lodging, 25 cents; Point 
Breeze (Bobringville), J. H. Bobring, meals 
25 cents; lodging, 35 cents; Pond Hotel, Mrs. 
Hildebrand, meals, 25 cents; also, good lodg- 
ing at reasonable rates; Rinkleville, Ofenstein's 
Grove, meals and lodging, 25 cents ; Schoenlau's 
Grove, meals, 25 to 50 cents; St. Louis, Hotel 
Rozier, L. A. W. rate $2.50 per day; meals or lodg- 
ing, 75 cents; "Woodlawn (Price P. O.), meals 
■35 cents, and good lodging 50 cents. 

Consuls: Kirkwood, W. W. Clabaugh; St. Louis, 
local general cousuls at all the cj r cle agencies and 
clubs; also, local ward consuls in each ward, see 
list in back of this book; Webster, Dr. B. J. Bristol. 

Cycle Clubs: St. Louis, St. Louis Cycling Club, 
316 N. 29th St.; South Side Cycle Club, 2759 
Lafayette Ave. ; Pastime Bicycle Club, 911 N. 



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Vandeventer Ave. ; Carondelet Cycle Club, 7629 
Michigan Ave. ; Y. M. C. A. Cycle Club, Cor.29th & 
Pine Sts. ; Victor Bicycle Club, 3305 Franklin Ave. ; 
Century Road Club, 3212 Bell Ave, ; Kenneth Cycle 
Club, Arthur B. Thursby, Pres't, 3213 Bailey Ave. ; 
Sterling Cycle Club . 

Repair shop at all the cycle agencies. See ad- 
vertisements in this book. 

SALINE. 

See map in pocket at end of book. 

Is situated on the Missouri River, south of Pettis 
county. H. L. Kennedy kindly reports: Marshall, the 
county seat, is situated almost in the center. Along 
the Missouri River the roads are level, and afford 
good wheeling during the summer and fall. Quite 
a portion of the county is rolling, with main roads 
in good wheeling condition during the riding 
season; most of the streams are well bridged. 
Marshall northwest to Malta Bend, 12 miles; level 
dirt. Cross Salt Fork at Kaiser's bridge., thence 
eight miles to Grand Pass ; dirt road, slightly hilly ; 
thence 4 miles to Waverly. Cross ferry at Waverly 
for Carrollton, north 10 miles ; first 5 miles through 
timber; very rough (keep the main traveled road) ; 
last 5 miles level dirt, good wheeling. Marshall 
west to Shackelford, 5 miles, level. To McLeonard, 
12 miles; Blackburn, 18 miles; good dirt road. 
Marshall southwest to Sweet Springs (Brownsville), 
20 miles; via Shackelford, 5 miles; southwest to 
Salt Springs, 7 miles, slightly hilly. Then south- 
west to destination, over level dirt road, except 
few hills 2 or 3 miles east of Sweet Springs. Mar- 
shall south to Arrow Rock, smooth dirt road, 5 
miles; east to Napton, 10 miles, smooth dirt road; 
and Arrow Rock, 22 miles, fair dirt road, some 



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hills, streams bridged. Marshall northeast to 
Slater, 12 miles, good, creeks bridged; Gilliam, 18 
miles, fair dirt road; Glasgow, 26 miles; cross Mis- 
souri River on ferry at Glasgow or the railroad 
bridge. Marshall northwest to Carrollton, 35 
miles ; via Fairville, 8 miles, and Miami, 17 miles ; 
rolling road, some hills, good wheeling. Cross 
Missouri River on ferry at Miami. Thence north 2 
miles to Miami Station, and northwest 16 miles via 
"Bluff Road;" slightly hilly, good wheeling. It is 
the best route, as the route over the bottom road is 
rough and sandy in some places ; and Miami south- 
west to Malta Bend, first 5 miles south very hilly 
and rough; thence west 12 miles to Malta Bend; 
level and fine wheeling. (See other route near end 
of report.) Miami, southeast, 16 miles; first 6 
miles hilly, then rolling to Slater, but rough ridiug. 
The north half of Saline County is generally hilly, 
but fair riding when the roads are dry. Marshall 
to Sedalia, 30 miles, via Blue Lick Springs, 9 miles 
(located at this point are the far famed medical 
springs, affording hot and eold baths) ; rolling road, 
good wheeling, with the exception of 2 miles north 
of the springs, which is rough and has one large 
hill. Upper road from Marshall to Miami, 20 miles, 
is not very hilly ; one stream to cross, Salt Fork, 
bridged, generally good road. "Old Lexington," 
or Malta Bend road, is good 12 miles; not very 
hilly, no streams. Marshall south to Herndon, 10 
miles ; to Sweet Springs, 20 miles ; part very rough, 
traveled a good deal; all streams, except Finney 
creek, very small and bridged. Marshall to Sedalia 
is good to Beechwater Creek, which is bridged, 
and from there is bad; total, 35 miles. 



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Hotels: Marshall, Ming's Hotel, L. A. W. rate 
$2 per day; meals, 50 cents; lodging, 50 cents. 
Miami, Miami House, L. A. W. rate $1.50 per day; 
meals, 35 cents; lodging, 50 cents. 

Consul: Marshall, J. H. Wallace. 

SCHUYLER. 

In northeast central part of State. The County 
Clerk reports: Surface generally hilly, soil, a 
sticky loam or clay ; rain makes the roads bad, but 
they are good late in the summer and autumn. 
Entering the county at Downing (which is 11 miles 
west of Memphis, Scotland County) ; thence west 
to Lancaster, 10 miles, hilly; to Glen wood, 12 1-2 
miles, hilly; thence west 35 miles, over ridges and 
hills to Unionville, Putnam County; Green Top, on 
southern border (12 miles north of Kirksville, 
Adair County), north to Queen City, 4 miles, level, 
fair road; Julesburg, 6 miles; Glenwood, 13 miles, 
tolerably hilly in northern part; Coatsville, 21 
miles, hilly. Queen City northeast to Lancaster, 
10 miles, good prairie road. Greentop west to 
county line, 6 miles, good prairie road; and to Mar- 
tinsburg, 6 miles further. Greentop east to Will- 
mothville, Adair County, 10 miles, fair road in 
summer. Willmothville north to Downing, 13 miles. 
The roads about Queen City are the best in the 
county. Lancaster west and southwest to county 
line, at river, 10 miles, fair road. Lancaster, north 
to county line, 6 miles, fair road. Lancaster south- 
east to Germania, 7 miles; Clifton, 10 miles, and 
southwest to Green Top, 18 miles, fair. Queen 
City west to Martinsburg, Putnam County, 12 miles, 
fair. Julesburg southwest to Martinsburg, 12 
miles, fair. 



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Hotels: Downing, Smith's Hotel; Queen City, 
Perrin's Hotel; Green Top, Owen House; Lan- 
caster, Arnold House; all $1 per day. Also at 
Lancaster, Grand Central Hotel, $2 per day. 

Consul: Lancaster, T. J. Birch. 

SCOTLAND. 

Northeastern part of State. W. H. Kays kindly 
reports: Roads not very good, screams bridged. 
From Memphis north to Brock, 8 miles ; to Milton, 
Iowa, 16 miles, smooth dirt road. Memphis east to 
Arbela, 8 miles; Granger, 10 miles; Luray, Clark 
County, 16 miles ; good dirt road ; 10 miles more to 
Kahoka. Memphis south to Pleasant Retreat, 7 
miles, rough and hilly ; to Greensburg, Knox County, 
12 miles ; to Baring Cross, 18 miles, then southeast 
to Edina, Knox County, about 5 miles more, hilly 
mixed road. Memphis west to Crawford, 6 miles, and 
to Downing, Schuyler County, 12 miles, rough and 
hilly; to Lancaster, 7 miles more. Memphis north- 
west to Hitt, 12 miles. Memphis northeast to Pros- 
pect Grove, 12 miles. Memphis northeast to Azen, 
11 miles ; via Lawn Ridge, 7 miles. Memphis south- 
east to Williamstown, Lewis County, 27 miles. 
Memphis southeast to Etna, 12 miles. Memphis 
southeast to Rainbow, 14 miles. Memphis south- 
west to Unity, 8 miles; Bible Grove, 12 miles; 
Hazelville, 17 miles, somewhat rough. Memphis 
south to Sand Hill, 12^ miles. Memphis west 
to Middle Fabius, 10 miles. Memphis southeast 
to Gorin, 13 miles, fair. Memphis south and a 
little east to Rutledge, 15 miles, fair. 

Consul: Memphis, W. H. Kays. 

Hotel: Memphis, Hotel Western, L. A. .W. $1 
per day; meals and lodging, 25 cents. 



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SCOTT. 

In the southeast corner, on the Mississippi River. 
Joseph L. Moore, attorney at law, kindly reports: 
Benton north to Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, 
26 miles, part fair dirt rolling road, balance good 
gravel. Benton southeast to Charleston, 20 miles, 
one hill at Benton, balance level, sandy, good, 
except in very dry or very wet weather. Benton 
southwest to Morley, 5 miles, one hill, level balance 
of the .way through sand. Morley southwest to 
Bloomfield, 25 miles, very smooth in good weather, 
but bad in wet weather. Morley south to Sikeston, 
12 miles, one half the way through sand, fairly 
good, except in very dry weather, when it is hard 
riding, the other half always good, except in very 
wet weather, all level. Sikeston south to New 
Madrid, 20 miles, good level dirt road all the'way, 
bridged. Sikeston east to Charleston, 12 miles; 
via Bertrand, 9 miles; first 6 miles swampy (but 
is soon to be put in fair condition), last 6 miles, 
good. Cape Girardeau southeast to Commerce, 15 
miles, first 6 miles macadamized, last 9 over clay 
hills, splendid road in good weather. Cape Girar- 
deau south to Benton, 17 miles, exactly the same. 
Benton west to Oran, 6 miles, over rough hills, but 
good dirt road in dry weather. Commerce to Ben- 
ton, southwest 8 miles, good road, nearly level, 
only one hill, well bridged. Commerce south to 
Charleston, 20 miles; via river route, level, hard 
dirt road in good weather, but impassable for 
bicycle in bad weather; via the other route, sandy, 
good in bad weather, but heavy in dry weather. 
Benton southeast to Dielstadt, 18 miles, level but 
sandy. Benton south to Blodgett, 8 miles; to 



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Sikeston, 13 miles, level but sandy. Benton north- 
west to Caney Creek, 12 miles, very rough and 
hilly. Benton northwest to Marble Hill, 35 miles, 
good in dry weather, part clay and part gravel. 
On the river route from Commerce to Charleston 
can be seen an ancient mound whose makers and 
builders we know not. It is probably 35 feet high, 
with a diameter of about 100 feet. 

Two miles north of it is the largest tree in the 
county — a sycamore 33 feet in circumference 4 
feet above the ground. Whenever the word "sand" 
enters into the description of the roads above, it 
pertains to the famous watermelon belt, which is 
greater in Scott County than anywhere in the world. 

Hotels: Commerce, Anderson House, Wood- 
ward House; Benton, Heisserer's Hotel; Morley, 
Magnolia House; Sikeston, Mrs. C. Green's House, 
Central Hotel; Charleston, Hotel Kendriek, $2 per 
day, and Commercial Hotel; Cape Girardeau, 
Eiverview and St. Charles Hotels. 

SHANNON. 

In southern part, near boundary, south of Dent. 
Roads scarce. The County Surveyor kindly reports : 
Eminence northeast to Centerville, 40 miles, rough, 
hilly, dirt road. Eminence west to Houston, 40 
miles, rough, hilly, dirt road, no bridges; via Alley, 
5 miles ; Somerville, 18 miles. Riverside south to 
Somerville, 20 miles. Eminence east to Russel, 13 
miles. Low Wossie to Birchtree, via Winona, dirt 
road, 18 miles. Eminence southwest to West Plains, 
dirt road, 50 miles; via Birchtree, 15 miles. Emi- 
nence to Van Buren, southeast, dirt road, 25 miles. 
Eminence north to Salem, 40 miles; via Round- 
spring, 11 miles. Birchtree east to Van Buren, 30 



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miles. Birehtree west to Mountain View, 13 miles. 
Eminence northwest to Riverside, 26 miles, and 
north to Salem, 18 miles more; via Jadwin, 7 miles. 
Hotels: Eminence, J. A. Jadwin and J. M. 
Boyd. Birehtree, Cook, De Priest and Mahan. 
Winona, Lewis R. Pettitt, each $1 per day. 

SHELBY. 

In northeastern part, and is termed "Hard Pan 
Country." J. C. Jewett, Local Consul, kindly 
reports: Shelby ville east to Warren, 18 miles; Pal- 
myra, 34 miles ; Hannibal, 47. miles; dirt to within 
9 miles of Hannibal, then fair gravel. A second 
route from Shelby ville to Hannibal is, south to 
Shelbina, 8 miles, hilly; east to Lakenan, 14 miles, 
level; Hunewell, 20 miles, hilly; Monroe City, 25 
nailes, fair; northeast to West Ely, 37 miles, fair; 
east 15 miles more to Hannibal, good hilly gravel 
road ; or from Monroe City to Palmyra, 35 miles, 
part hilly, Hannibal 50 miles, good gravel road, or 
from Palmyra to Quincy 50 miles, good gravel, hilly. 
Shelbina west to Lentner 6 miles, level; to Clarence* 
12 -miles, good level dirt road; to Macon City 25 
miles, part hilly. Shelbina south to Paris, 18 miles, 
fair dirt road. A good road which is used consid- 
erably follows line of H. & St. J. R. R. from Pal- 
myra to Monroe City, 18 miles; Shelbina, 36 miles; 
Clarence, 48 miles; to Macon City, 60 miles. Shel- 
by ville southeast to Monroe City, 22 miles; via 
Oakdale, 8 miles, part hilly, balance level prairie. 
Shelbyville northwest to Kirksville, 42 miles, level 
to Leonard, 12 miles, balance part hilly. Shelby- 
ville northeast to Monticello, 30 miles ; via Bethel, 
5 miles, level. Clarence north to Hager's Grove, 7 
miles, hilly. Shelbina southwest to Enterprise, 14 



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miles, level. Shelbina west to Clarence, 13 miles, 
level and fine. Shelbina northeast to Oakdale, 8 
miles, part hilly, balance level. Shelbina southwest 
to Maud, 12 miles, good dirt; Madison, Monroe 
county, 25 miles, fair; Moberly, 40 miles, good. 
Shelbyville southwest to Clarence, 18 miles, level. 
Shelbyville southwest to Lentner, 11 miles, level. 
Shelbyville east to' Pansy, 7 miles, and north to 
Nelson ville, 17 miles. Shelbina north to Shelbyville, 
8 miles; to Bethel, 13 miles, level; Newark, Knox 
county, 23 miles, hilly. Shelbyville northwest to 
Ivanhoe, 10 miles, level. Shelbyville northwest to 
feirby, 6 miles, level; Leonard, 11 miles, hilly; 
Cherrybox, 14 miles, hilly; to Sue City, Macon 
county, 22 miles, mostly hilly, but fine rolling prai- 
rie road. Shelbyville west to Hager's Grove, 12 
miles, nice rolling road. Shelbyville southwest to 
Moberly, 32 miles. Shelbyville west to Blooming- 
ton, Macon county, good road. Shelbyville north 
to Edina, 30 miles, good. 

Hotels : Shelbina, Waverly House, $2 per day ; 
L. A. W. members, $1.50; meals or lodging, 40 
cents. The Cottage, $1 per day. Lair Hotel, $1 
per day. 

Local Consul: Shelbina, J. C. Jewett. 

STODDARD. 

In Southeastern Missouri, south of Wayne 
County, and east of Butler County. Geo. Houck, 
Attorney at Law, kindly reports: All the roads are 
dirt and streams are partly bridged. Advance or 
New Lakeville, as it is sometimes called, is located 
on the St. Louis, Cape Girardeau & Fort Smith 
Railroad about thirty-five miles west of Cape 
Girardeau. From this town, located as it is at the 



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extreme north boundary of this county, a road 
extends through the entire length of the county ; 
the first 6 miles of this road is nearly level, next 
5 miles is hilly, reaching Castor River, which is 
fordable most of the year, and is a very nice and 
clear stream; from thereon a distance of 5^ miles 
the road is somewhat rolling, and reaches Bloom- 
field ; from Bloomfield to Dexter south, a distance 
of 7 miles ; with the exception of two hills, which 
are not very high, but rather steep, the road is easily 
traveled; from Dexter south to the county boundary, 
a distance of about 12 miles, the road is perfectly 
level but sandy. 

This road just described runs through the middle 
of the county and is 40 miles long. Bloomfield is 
the county seat. Bloomfield west to Asherville, 
16 miles ; first 5 miles hilly ; next 5 miles smooth 
and level, next 6 miles hilly; via Acorn Ridge, 8 
miles; 2^ miles further to St. Francois River, rough 
bottom road; thence northwest to Greenville, Wayne 
County, about 20 miles, mixed road. The Bloom- 
field and New Madrid levee road runs in an easterly 
direction, and from Bloomfield the first 2 miles are 
hilly, then 2% miles smooth, level road, then road 
runs down hill into the bottom about 100 feet ; called 
foot of bluff ; then 4 miles smooth, level road. From 
this point across Castor River to Little River, the 
boundary between Stoddard and New Madrid 
Counties, the road is in too bad condition to ride ; 
from Bloomfield north to Castor River, 5 miles, rough 
hilly road, bridge across river, then 2 miles of rough 
bottom road and 3 miles of rough hilly road to 
Piketon, Tillman 5 miles, and 10 miles north to 
Lakeville, fair road, partly hilly, and 1% miles 
north to county line ; then northeast to Allenville, 



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Cape Girardeau County, 10 miles, flat swampy 
road, and 15 miles east to Cape Girardeau, fair. 
Bloomfield south to Dexter, 7 miles rough hilly road, 
then down hill \y 2 miles to the bottoms, then 12 
miles, via Bernie, level, sandy road to county line. 
Bloomfield northeast to Benton, 30 miles, not very 
good. Bloomfield southwest to Poplar Bluff, 30 
miles. Bloomfield northwest to Leora, 12 miles, 
and southwest to Asherville, 13 miles more. Bloom- 
field southeast to Essex, 7 miles. The last three are 
prominent roads and fair. There is another road run- 
ning from Bloomfield east a distance of 12 miles, to a 
little place called Gray's Ridge, located on the rail- 
road running from Cairo to Poplar Bluff ; this is a 
good road and is traversable fully nine months in the 
year; all the above roads are dirt roads; there are 
any number of roads leading from these main lines 
to various parts of the county, and are as easily 
traversable as the main lines. 

Hotels: Bloomfield, McQuin Hotel and Jones 
House ; Dexter, Powell House and Jeffers House. 
Meals, 25 cents each. 

STONE. 

On the Arkansas border, 60 miles east of Kansas 
line. W. H. Dynch, kindly reports: Galena north- 
west to Marionville, 20 miles, via Crane ; fair road 
except in bad weather. Galena via Ruth, 8 miles, 
to Marble Cave, 16 miles, good. Galena southwest 
to Viola, 20 miles, rough ; cross White River. Galena 
south to Reddington 12 miles, rough. Galena east 
to Reno, Christian County, 11 miles, very good, 
cross James River on ferry, ridge road good but 
difficult for strangers to follow.- Raley Creek road 
fair except in high water. Galena northeast to 



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Ozark, 25 miles; via Oto, 5 miles; Robertson's 
Mills, 16 miles, reasonably good. Galena southeast 
to Forsyth, 25 miles, reasonably good. Galena 
northwest to Cassville, 28 miles, good. Galena 
east, 5 miles, and south 14 miles to Radical, and 
Blue Eye, 24 miles, ' cross White River, fair, thence 
south 2 miles and northeast 8 miles to Cedar Val- 
ley, Taney County, very good. Marble Cave and 
Onyx Park lie from Marionville, via Galena, south- 
east 36 miles, fair; from Springfield, south, 50 
miles; from Ozark 36 miles; roads good, last 15 
miles, beautiful oak forest; "Ridge Roads" little 
dust, no mud, fairly free from small flint stones 
common to this locality. In time will be bicycle 
road par excellence. 

Hotels: Galena, Graves House, L. A. W. 85 
cents per day; meals and lodging, 25 cents. Sum- 
mit House. 

Consul: Ruth P. 0., W. H. Lynch. 

SULLIVAN. 

Northern central portion, north of Linn and south 
of Putnam Counties. D. M. Wilson, Attorney at 
Law, kindly reports: Milan, the county seat, south 
to Linneus, 25 miles. Milan north to Unionville, 
25 miles. Milan east to Kirksville, 36 miles. Milan 
southwest to Trenton, 34 miles. Milan to Green 
City, east 10 miles; Stahl Postoffice, Adair County, 
11 miles more. Milan east to Greencastle, 14 miles. 
Milan south to Browning, Linn County, 12 miles. 
Milan southwest to Humphreys, 14 miles. Milan 
northwest to Harris, 16 miles. Milan northwest to 
Newtown, 20 miles, and 16 more to Princeton. 
Milan southeast to Winigan, 20 miles. Milan north 
to Pollock, 12 miles. Milan north to Boynton, 8 



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miles; northeast to Penville, 18 miles. Milan 
northwest to Judson, 12 miles; Newtown, 20 miles: 
Milan northwest to Wintersville, 15 miles. Milan 
south to Cora, 1 miles. Milan southwest to Scotts- 
ville, 12 miles. Milan southwest to Lindley, 20 
miles. Milan southeast to Owaseo, 12 miles. Milan 
southeast to Stickleville, 16 miles. All these roads 
are dirt and more or less hilly. All streams are 
bridged. 

Hotels: Milan, Stanley Hotel, first class, $2 per 
day. Also accommodations in each town; rates, $1 
per day. 

TANEY. 

On the Arkansas "border, south of center. Forsyth 
is the county seat. Roads all dirt and generally 
rough; streams not bridged. Forsyth southwest 
across White River, 7 miles to Kirbyville ; to Cedar 
Valley, 18 miles. Forsyth southeast to Protem. 25 
miles. Forsyth north to Swan, 10 miles; via Eglnr- 
ton, 6 miles, and 20 miles north to Ozark. Forsyth 
northwest to Walnut Shade, 8 miles; Reno, Chris- 
tian County, 10 miles more, and to Galena, Stone 
County, 11 miles additional. Forsyth west to Bran- 
son, 12 miles; southwest to Long Creek, 19 miles. 
Protem north to Bradleyville, 15 miles. Forsyth 
northeast to Bradleyville, 13 miles; Brown Branch, 
20 miles; Roy, Douglas County, 10 miles more. 
Forsyth east to Kissee Mills, 6 miles; south to 
Long's Ferry, 20 miles. 

Hotels: Forsyth, Hilisabeck House; Kirbyville, 
Layton House; Protem, Wood House; Bradleyville, 
Savage House ; Brown Branch, Comer House. All 
meals 25 cents each and beds the same. 



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TEXAS. 

The State of Texas is the largest in the Union, 
likewise this is the largest county in Missouri. This 
county is blessed with a variety of roads which de- 
pend upon the season of the year as to their condi- 
tion. However, the public, roads are all wide and 
plain and comparatively smooth; no bridges in the 
county. Its proportion of creeks and beautifully 
rough and unbridged roads is said to lead the State. 
The County Clerk kindly reports : From Houston a 
hilly, stony path leads northeast to Salem, .35 miles; 
via Licking, 14 miles. Houston southeast to Emi- 
nence, hilly and stony, 40 miles; via Summerville, 
20 miles. Houston west to Hartville, 35 miles, 
stony and hilly. From West Plains, Howell County, 
an old stage route runs north to Hutton Valley, 20 
miles; Houston, 45 miles; Licking, 57 miles; Edgar 
Springs, 72 miles; Rolla, 89 miles, a hilly to rolling 
road, good clay surface, and very fine down the 
Hutton Valley. Houston northwest to Roby, 
22 miles ; Waynesville, 45 miles. Houston north- 
west to Robidoux, 16 miles; Turley, 18 miles; Plato, 
24 miles. Houston west to Dyke's, 12 miles; Hug- 
gins, 17 miles. Houston southwest to Mountain 
Grove, 24 miles; via Stamford, 8 miles. Houston 
south to Elk Creek, 12 miles ; Willow Springs, How- 
ell county, 26 miles. Houston southeast to Big 
Oeek, 12 miles; south to Clear Springs, 23 miles; 
Hutton Valley, Howell County, 11 miles more. 

Hotel rates, uniformly $1 per day. Travelers 
can stop at private houses when not convenient to 
towns. Consul, Houston, A. E. Leavitt. 



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VERNON. 

On the Kansas border south, of Bates and north of 
Barton Counties. This county like all others on the 
Kansas line has good prairie roads and the streets 
of Xevada. the county seat, are partly graveled 
and are always in good condition, dryiug up very 
quickly after a rain. W. F. Laeaff assisted by N. 
C. Rigg. kindly reports : Roads are all good lead- 
ing east, northeast, north and south from. Nevada, 
but southeast they are somewhat hilly and rocky. 
West toward Fort Scott they are fairly good, but 
are very rocky the last few miles. Those leading 
northwest through the Marmaton bottoms are a lit- 
tle rough but can be ridden with very few dismounts . 
There a large number of wheelmen in Xevada and 
also one club,, the ••Xevada Wheelmen." Wheel- 
men coming to Xevada should ride out to the White 
Sulphur Springs and Lake Park. 1 1-2 miles south- 
west of the city. Xevada northeast to Schell City. 
25 miles: via Walker. 11 miles: Harwood. 19 miles 
good rolling prairie roads. Xevada north to Rich 
Hill. Bates County. 22 miles: via Little Osage. 12 
miles, and Arthur 15 miles: medium dirt roads, 
streams bridged. Xevada west to Fort Scott. Kan.. 
21 1-2 miles; via Deerfield, 9 miles: Clayton. 14 
miles ; good rock and dirt roads, somewhat hilly, 
but can be ridden all the way. Xevada south to 
Lamar. Barton County, 28 miles; via Milo, 8 miles, 
and Sheldon, 16 1-2 miles; good hard dirt road. 
Xevada northwest to Rinehart, 15 miles, somewhat 
rough. Xevada southwest to Moundville, 10 miles. 
and Bronaugh. 16 miles; good dirt road. Xevada 
east to Eldorado Springs, 22 miles ; roads rocky and 
hilly but can be ridden easily, creek bridged. Xe- 



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vada southeast to Montevallo, 19 miles ; via Sand- 
stone, 12 miles; fair dirt road. Montevallo north- 
east to Eldorado Springs, 12 miles, hilly and rocky, 
but can be ridden. Nevada northeast to Ketterman. 
11 miles, good prarie. Montevallo north to Sehell 
City. 24 miles, hilly, but can be ridden. All princi- 
pal streams are bridged and others can be crossed 
easily. 

Hotels: Nevada. Hotel Mitchell, L. A. W. $1.50 
per day, meals 50 cents, lodging 50 cents ; Lamar, 
Lamar House. $1.50; Rich Hill, Tannage House; 
Eldorado Springs, Grand Central, L . A. W. hotel 
also. Forest Grove Hotel; Fort Scott, Interstate; all 
$2 per day. Consul, Nevada, W. F. Lacaff; Eldo- 
rado Springs, N. C. Rigg. 

WARREN. 

North of Missouri River, west of St. Charles 
County. All roads in the county are dirt, fairly 
level, and good in dry weather. The County 
Clerk kindly reports: Kansas City to St. Louis 
route passes from Danville, east first 10 miles, 
roads trifle hilly; to Warrenton, 30 miles. Warren- 
ton east to Wright City. 8 miles; Forestel, St. 
Charles County, 12 miles; Cottleville, 35 miles; 
St. Charles, 45 miles; part rock road, balance level 
dirt road. Warrenton northeast to Troy, 18 miles, 
rocky and hilly. Warrenton north to Holrnan's 
Store, 5 miles; Hawk Point. Lincoln County. 12 
miles, rocky and hilly; Warrenton southwest to 
Hermann, 25 miles; via Case and Bridge- 
port, rough and hilly. Warrenton west to Pen- 
dleton, 6 miles; Abattis. 16 miles; Big Spring. 
Montgomery County. 21 miles, fairly good road. 

Warrenton east to Truesdale, one half mile, 
15 



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macadam; Pitts, 6 miles; south to Tongue, 13 
miles; Marthasville, 25 miles. Warrenton south to 
Hopewell Academy, 11 miles; southeast to Mar- 
thasville, 18 miles; Dutzow, 23 miles; northeast to 
Femme Osage ; St. Charles County, 6 miles more. 
Warrenton south to Holstein, 16 miles; Krueger- 
ville, 20 miles. Warrenton southwest to Pinckney. 
12 miles. Wright City north to Troy, 12 miles. 

Hotels: Danville has poor accommodation. War- 
renton, Woodlan House, $2 per day; Central Hotel, 
$1.50 per day. Hotel Bothe, $1.50 per day. 

WASHINGTON. 

Lies southwest of Jefferson County. W. F. Hun- 
ter, County Clerk, kindly reports the roads as all 
very rough with no bridges over the streams. 
Potosi, west, 18 miles to Berryman. Potosi north- 
east to De Soto, 22 miles. Potosi southeast to 
Farmington, 25 miles. Potosi south to Caledonia, 
12 miles; all fair dirt roads. Potosi north to Hills- 
boro, 28 miles. Potosi north to Old Mines, 7 miles, 
hilly; to Richwoods, 20 miles, hilly; to Union, 25 
miles more. Potosi northeast to Cadet Station, ou 
I. M. &. S. R. R., 8 miles, hilly. Potosi northwest 
to Rock Springs, 18 miles; to Hamilton, 32 miles. 
Caledonia, northwest to Berryman, 27 miles; via 
Belgrade, 6 miles; Palmer, 17 miles. Caledonia 
northeast to Irondale, 8 miles. Potosi southeast to 
Hopewell, 7 miles; Irondale, 12 miles. Last four 
roads rough and hilly; bad for bicycles. 

Hotels: Potosi, Potosi Hotel, and Hotel Austin. 
Also hotels at Irondale, Mineral Point and Cale- 
donia, about $1 per day. 



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WAYNE. 

South of Madison and west of Bollinger Counties. 
No streams in county bridged. The County Clerk 
kindly reports: Greenville, the county seat, south- 
east to Bloomfield, Stoddard County, 35 miles, 
partly hilly, partly level, mixed road. Greenville 
northwest to Patterson, 10 miles, moderately rough 
and hilly, to Gad's Hill, on I. M. & S. R. R., 20 
miles. Greenville northwest to Piedmont, on I. M. 
& S. R. R., 18 miles, rough and hilly. Greenville 
southwest to Williamsville, on I. M. & S. R. R., 12 
miles, rough and rocky. Greenville north to Cold- 
water, 20 miles; via Bounds, 8 miles, rough, rocky 
*and hilly. Greenville southeast to Wapello, (m 
Cape G. & S. W. R. R., 20 miles, rough, rocky and 
hilly ; continues to Bloomfield, Stoddard County, 22; 
miles further, moderately fair road. Greenville 
west to Mill Spring, on I. M. & S. R. R., fair road',, 
16 miles ; continues to Van Buren, Carter County,. 
20 miles further, part rough and rocky. Brunot in 
northwest corner east to Coldwater, 8 miles; 
Gravelton, 17 miles; Castor, 20 miles, old State 
road, fair, hilly. Greenville northeast to Marble 
Hill, 35 miles; via Lowndes, 12 miles. 

Hotels: Greenville and Williamsville and Pied- 
mont each have good ones at $1 to $2 per day, and 
the other towns have fair places to stop at. 

WEBSTER. 

In southwestern portion of State. J. W. Fuson, 
County Clerk, kindly reports: The streams are not 
bridged; the ridge roads are good in the summer 
and fall. Marshfield southwest to Springfield, 25 



228 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

miles, one stream, a few gravel places and two or 
three big hills. Marshfield southeast to Hartville, 
2-5 miles; via Duncan. 13 miles, two creeks, and 
road rough. Marshneld southeast to Seymour, on 
K. C, S. &M. R. R.. 18 miles; via Teagues. 11 
miles; 3 miles of gravel, balance good. Marshfield 
northwest to Bolivar, 40 miles, one- stream, good 
road, few rough places. Marshfield northeast to 
Lebanon. 31 miles; via Niangua, 6 miles, two 
streams and rough. Marshfield northwest to Buf- 
falo, Dallas County, 30 miles, hilly but smooth. 
Marshfield northeast to Rader, 12 miles, via 
Niangua, 6 miles, rough. Marshfield north to Fork- 
ner Hill, 12 miles, good road, one stream. Marsh- 
field south to Fordland, 16 miles, on K. C, S. & M. 
R. R., good, one stream; to Hazen, 22 miles.' 
Marshfield southeast to Diggings, 16 miles, on K. C, 
S. & M. R. R., ridge road, one stream. Marshfield 
southwest to North view, big hills, on Frisco R. R., 
6 miles; south to Compton, 13 miles, good after 
crossing stream; Henderson. 20 miles. Fordland 
west to Henderson, 7 miles ; south to Rogersville, 
on K. C, S. & M. R. R., 2 miles more, good ridge 
road. 

Hotels: Marshfield, CommerciarHouse and City 
Hotel, $2 per day. Seymour, Commercial House, 
$1.25 per day. 

WORTH. 

In northwestern part of State, on Iowa line. The 
roads in the county are rough after a rain. The 
County Clerk kindly reports : Roads generally in 
good condition. Grant City, county seat, east to 
Allendale, 8 miles; first 4 hilly and rough, last 4 
level; generally smooth in dry weather. Grant City 



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Bortheast to Denver, 9 miles, hilly; continues to 
Albany, Gentry County, 20 miles ; last 5 miles bot- 
tom land, generally good. Grant City southwest to 
Oxford, 10 miles; to Parnell, 17 miles, wood road; 
: ;.iitinues to Maryville, Nodaway County, 34 miles, 
fair dirt road. Grant City west to Sheridan, 14 
miles, rolling. Grant City northwest to Bedford, 
Iowa, 28 miles, rolling; rough in wet weather. 
Grant City northwest to Hopkins, Nodaway County, 
28 miles, hilly; via Isadora, 7 miles. Grant City 
north to Irena, 6 miles, dirt, hilly and rough. 
Grant City northwest to Defiance, 11 miles, dirt. 

Hotels: Allendale, Hunt's Hotel; Grant City, 
Summit House, Spafford House, each $2 per day; 
Denver, Campbell Hotel; Sheridan, Diagonal Hotel, 
$1 per day. 

WRIGHT. 

South of center, near the Arkansas line. E. H. 
Stewart kindly reports : Roads generally very fair, 
and quite a number of them. Hartville south to 
Mansfield, on K. C, Ft. S. & H. R. R., 12 miles. 
Hartfield west to Springfield, 45 miles, few bridges. 
Hartville north to Lebanon, 35 miles, via Boyer, 6 
miles; Grove Springs, 13 miles, fair. Hartville 
east to Houston, 35 miles, fair. Hartville southeast 
to Mountain Grove, 19 miles; via Hawley, 11 miles, 
good. Hartville west to Marshfield, 25 miles; via 
Odin, 8 miles, good. Hartville north to St. George, 
12 miles; Competition, Laclede County, 10 miles 
more, good. Hartville northeast to Astoria, 18 
miles, fair. Hartville southeast to Norwood, on 
K. C, Ft. S. & M. R, R., 13 miles, fair. 

Hotel: Young House, $2 per day. 



TOURING ROUTES. 



For the convenience of members who wish to ar- 
range tours through this state, we furnish herewith 
a few good practical routes. While the roads are 
not all of them what might be termed sand-papered, 
the tourist will nevertheless find many miles of 
really magnificent roads, fine gravel and macadam, 
especially in Jackson, Pike and St. Louis Counties; 
and in other portions of the State the prairie roads 
get as smooth and hard as the best of gravel roads. 
After the middle of May the roads described in the 
following routes are always ridable, with the ex- 
ception of an occasional short stretch where the 
road has been "worked'' or a day or two after rain, 
when they are quite rough and bumpy. The roads 
will be found at their best during the late summer 
and early fall months. 

For additional good touring routes not mentioned 
in following pages : See reports of Adair, Andrew, 
Barry, Laclede, Pettis, Phelps, Ste. Genevieve and 
Warren Counties ; also St. Clair, 111., report for 
route through Illinois and Indiana. 



230 



SYSTEM OF ABBREVIATION. 



GRADE OF ROADS. 

Five classes, designated as follows: 

1. Level (unnoticeable grades). 

2. Rolling (slight grades, not troublesome). 

3. Hilly (medium grades). 

4. Very hilly (heavy grades, hard work). 

5. Mountainous (generally unridable). 

CONDITION OF SURFACES. 

Five classes, designated as follows : 

Al. Fine (smooth riding, no dismounts). 

A2. Good (good, easy riding, few dismounts, i 
any). 

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Special Offer to 

Workers for the 



For each, member secured taring 
this year we will gne 2^ 
cents, applications to "be sent to 
the Secretary -Treasurer, W. "M.. 
Butler, 2636 Osage street, St. 
Biouis, M.O., wh.o will settle by 
quarterly remittances. 
They can also be leit with. "M. 3. 
Gilbert, 20^ H. "Fourth street, 
w"ho will Ivand them to "Mr. 
Butler. 

Tours iraternally, 

rlOBFiHT ^iOl^M, 

Ghlel Consul. 



254 



LOCAL CONSULS. 



The following local consuls have been appointed 
for the coming year, 1895 : 

Albany G-eorge A. Howell. 

Aurora T. H. Loy. 

Bevier C. Baker. 

Billings Ward Combs. 

Boouville W.L.Ferris. 

Breckenridge Geo. Bothwell. 

Brookfield E. H. Shepherd. 

Browning ... Will Prather. 

Cameron J. C. Reidy. 

Carrollton A. R. Brocksmith. 

Carterville . .... Byron Cooper. 

Carthage W. L. Harrington. 

Centralia J. M. Phelps. 

Chillicothe J. V. Grace. 

Clinton Walter Haysler. 

Columbia. F. L. Lacaff. 

Be Soto A. S. Hinchey. 

El Dorado Springs N. C. Rigg. 

Ferguson CM. Case. 

Fulton A. W. Bush. 

Galena W. H. Lynch. 

Hannibal J. C. Howell. 

House's Springs V.J. Leight. 

Houston A. E. Leavitt. 

Houstonia W. E. Quisenberry. 

Independence H.G.Henley. 

Jackson J.W.Cannon. 

Jefferson City T. G. Burckhardt. 

255 



256 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

Joplin A. L. Means. 

Kahoka . . A. G. Trump. 

Kansas City — See end of this list. 

Kidder Levi Chubbuck. 

Kimmswick J. S. Hurlbut. 

Kirksville . . T. H. Brewington. 

Kirkwood. . . W. W. Clabaugh. 

LaBelle .Claude Long. 

Lamar P. McCreary. 

Lancaster . T. J. Kirch. 

La Plata E.P.Wood. 

Lebanon O. G. Bantley. 

Lexington E. B. Ludwigs. 

Linneus W. C. Martin. 

Louisiana . . G. Lansdowne. 

Macon fC. B. Truitt and 

Macon \Theo. Eeichel. 

Marionville E. H. Dameron. 

Marshall J. Henry Wallace. 

Maryville E. Andrews. 

Memphis W. H. Kays. 

Mexico . . . G. H. Kunkel. 

Moberly Roscoe McCanne. 

Monett W. H. Shipley. 

Mound City C. F. Hamsher. 

Mt. Vernon J. E. Houghton. 

Nevada W. F. Lacaff. 

Odessa C. L. Frost. 

Ozark R. N. Gray. 

Pierce City F.J. Duncan. 

Platte City D. T. Polk. 

Plattsburg F. M. Riley. 

Rich Hill T. M. Reanley . 

Richmond B. McDonald. 

Rolla J. A. Spillman. 

Santa Fe O. L. Creigler. 



MISSOURI DIVISION L. A. W. 257 

Savannah . . C. Bright. 

Sedalia W.H.Reynolds. 

•Shelbina. ... J. C. Jewett. 

Springfield J. E. Peltz. 

Stanberry W. B. Pistole. 

Steadman J. L. Erwin. 

St. Joseph C. W. Hardman. 

St. Louis — See end of this list. 

Tarkio F. F. Kinney. 

Trenton B. J. McGuire. 

Washburne T.J. Foster. 

Webb City G. F. Haskins. 

Webster Dr. B. J. Bristol. 

Wellston J. Elkington. 

Westport H.C.Wood. 

Winchester W. L. Jenkins. 

W 7 inston E. D. Trumbo. 

KANSAS CITY LOCAL CONSULS. 
Appointed by E. P. Moriarity, vice consul for Missouri Di- 
vision. 

T. B. McAuley N. Y. Life Building. 

A. L. Brunner 910 Walnut St. 

A. M. Clark 704 Main St. 

E. S. Hall 509 Delaware St. 

N. T. Haynes Woolson Spice Co. 

A. T. Hillyard 1906 Brooklyn Ave. 

Chas. E. Jaques N. W. cor. Third and Del. 

C. E. Lambert 1401 Grand Ave. 

O. H. Rebenschied .... 1221 McGee St. 

'Albert Young 908 N. Y. Life Building. 

Wm. Young 917 Baltimore Ave. 

C. H. Clarke 613 Delaware St. 

J. A. Eames 808 Walnut St. 

D. F. Boyd 819 Walnut St. 

M. W. Hatch 17 W. Ninth St. 

W. P. Quintell Armour Packing Co. 

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258 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

ST. LOUIS GENERAL LOCAL CONSULS. 

A. L. Jordan 1331 Washington Ave. 

C. C. Hildebrand 306 N. Fourth St. 

H. A. Canfield 421 N. Seventh St. 

R. L. Hill 608 N. Fourth St. 

G. A. Pleus 405 Washington Ave. 

A. A. Knight 311 N. Fourteenth St. 

W. P. Laing 1728 Olive St, 

W. G. Corfe 3100 Olive St. 

W. Wieke 420 N. Fourth St. 

E. A. Grath 210 and 212 N. Broa dway. 

A. H. Woods 1114 Pine St. 

ST. LOUIS LOCAL WARD CONSULS. 

1st ward, O. Braeht. . . .320 Market St. 

2d " T. J. Dempsey.S. C. Davis & Co. 

3d " J. C. Anderson. 100 Park Ave. 

5th " A. N. Baur. . .1718 Preston PI. 

8th " F. G. Udell.. .5323 Vernon Ave. 

9th " L. Kittlaus.. .3003 Lemp Ave. 

10th " C. W. Smith.. 1464 Chambers St. 

11th " E. B. Shultz . . . 2846 Shenandoah St. 

12th " G. A. Pleus . . . 1913 Dodier St. 

13th " A. Baldwin. . .6901 Michigan Ave. 

14th '•' J. E. Flynn. . .2710 Thomas St. 

15th " H. C. Dreiling. 1225 Franklin Ave. 

16th " Wm. Voges. . .2019 Cass Ave. 

17th " S.M.Greene, jr. 1827 Morgan St. 

18th " Geo. Kuehn. . .1121 Salisbury St. 

19th " E. A. Kreidler.12 S. Twenty-second St. 

20th " R. J. Leaeock.2951 Clark Ave. 

21st " O.H. Rassfeld. 1811 Hickory St. 

22d " H.Lindemann. 3025 Dickson St. 

23d " M. A. Ross .... 2149>^ Geyer St. 

24th " E. C. Pancake. 2914 Thomas St. 

25th " C, F. Mulkey. 3404 Caroline St. 

26th " G. Oswald.... 4243 St. Ferdinand Ave. 

27th li W. J. Rodgers.3538 Chouteau Ave. 

28th " W.G.Simmons. 4106 Morgan St. 



L. A. W. HOTELS. 

The following have been appointed; rates to L. A. W. 
members as follows: 

TOWN. DAY. MEALS. LODGING 

Albany, Albany House $i.co $0.25 $0.25 

Aurora, National Hotel 1.50 .50 .50 

Bevier, James Hotel So .25 .25 

Billings, Central Hotel 1.00 .25 .25 

Boonville, Commercial Hotel 2.00 .50 .50 

Breckenridge, Hotel Caldwell 1.00 .25 .25 

Brookft eld, New Clark 2.00 .50 .50 

Cameron, Cameron House 1.50 .40 .40 

Carrollton, Florence Hotel 2.00 .50 .50 

Carthage, Harrington Hotel 2.00 .50 .50 

Centralia, Globe Hotel 2.00 .50 .50 

Chillicothe, The Henrietta 1.50 .50 .50 

Clarksville, Collins House 1.50 .40 .40 

Clinton, Hotel Woods 2.00 .50 .50 

Columbia, Powers House 1.50 .35 .50 

DeKalb, Frakes House 1.00 .25 .25 

DeSoto, Commercial Hotel 1.50 .50 .40 

El Dorado Springs, Grand Central 1.00 .35 .35 

Fulton, Palace Hotel 2.00 .50 .50 

Galena, Graves Hotel S5 .25 .25 

Hannibal, Park Hotel 1.40 .35 .35 

Houstonia, Boyles^House 1.00 .25 .25 

Independence, Laclede Hotel 1.50 .35 .75 

Jefferson City, City Hotel 2.00 .50 .50 

Kansas City, Centropolis 2.00 — — 

Kirksville, Poole's Hotel 2.00 .50 .50 

LaBelle, LaBelle House 1.50 .40 .40 

Lamar, Lamar House 1.50 .35 .35 

La Plata, Cottage Hotel 1.50 .35 .35 

Lebanon, Laclede Hotel 2.00 .50 .50 

Louisiana, Palmer House 1.50 .40 .40 

Macon, Tremont Hotel 2.00 .50 .50 

Marble Cave, Marble Cave Hotel. . 1.00 .25 .25 

Marionville, Gammill House 1.15 .30 .35 

Memphis, Hotel Western 1.00 .25 .25 

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260 ROAD AND HAND BOOK 

Mexico, Ringo Hotel 1.50 

Moberly, Merchants Hotel 2.00 

Monett, Attaway Hotel 2.00 

Mt. Vernon, Mt. Vernon Hotel.... 1.00 

Nevada, Hotel Mitchell 1.50 

New Cambria, Hotel Cambria 1.00 

Odessa, Myrtle Hotel 1.25 

Ozark, Taylor House 1.00 

Pierce City, New Windsor 1.50 

Platte City, Hotel de Baker 1.50 

Rolla, Grant Hotel 1.25 

St. Charles, Gait House 1 .50 

St. Joseph, Wellington Hotel 1.50 

St. Louis, Hotel Rozier 2.00 

St. Louis County — 

Ballwin, Western Hotel 1.50 

Bartold, Hotel Bartold 1.00 

Bonhomme, C. M. Boissleir. . . . — 

Black Jack, Hartwig Hotel 1.25 

Clayton, Hotel Authenrieth 1.25 

Creve Coeur, Creve Coeur Hotel 1.50 

Fenton, Club House 1.25 

Hollow P. O. (county line), 

Victor R. Smith 75 

Kirkwood, Hotel Byington 1.50 

Meramec Highlands, High- 
land Inn 2.50 

Oakville, Schorn's Hotel 1.00 

Price P. O.(Woodlawn), Busch's 

Hotel 1.35 

Rinkelville, Ofenstein's Grove. . — 
Schoenlau's Grove, Schoenlau's 

Rest — 

Shelbina, Waverly House 2.00 

Springfield, Metropolitan Hotel.... 1.50 

Stanberry, Wabash Hotel 1.50 

Tarkio, Clifton House 1.50 

Webb City, Buffalo House 1.00 



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HIGGINS as oo. s*. louis, MO. 

1895. 
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